Business Administration
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the Ideas and Events Cluster |
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the Human Behavior Cluster |
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the Literature, Language and Arts Cluster |
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Interdisciplinary courses
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Courses having a more narrow focus than those taught on a regular basis of courses being taught on an experimental basis can be taught as Topics courses. These courses will be assigned numbers based on the student level for which they are intended-first, second, third or fourth year. |
Introduction to Computer Information Systems for Business
BSAD 1700 3 cr. 3 hr.
This course introduces the student to computer information science and its applications. The student develops literacy in the computer and its uses. The laboratory work includes an introduction to word processing, spreadsheets databases, and the fundamentals of programming with BASIC. No previous knowledge of computers is required or presumed. Credit is not awarded for both BSAD 1700, Introduction to Computer Information Systems for Business and CSC 1100 Computer Applications. See Business Administration department chair for alternate course selections. Q
Prerequisite: Basic Math II.
Introduction to Business
BSAD 1850 3 cr. 3 hr.
Introduction to Business is a college-level survey course in business that explores the nature of the American free enterprise system and its business organizations. This course examines the role played by business in American society, as well as its purpose and responsibilities. Furthermore, it introduces the student to the practical operations that must exist if businesses are to create goods and services, and it highlights some of the major problems faced by managers in planning, organizing, directing and controlling these areas. Therefore, this course is intended to give the student a broad overview of the functions, institutions, principles and practices of business.
Introduction to Financial Reporting
BSAD 2010 3 cr. 3 hr.
This course provides an overview of financial accounting/reporting in its role as an information system within the socioeconomic environment of business. Financial reporting concepts and practices are presented from a decision perspective in which the content of financial statements and the analysis, interpretation and application of this information in making rational business decisions are examined. Relationships between business events and elements of the financial statements are analyzed. Coverage of accounting procedures is presented to the extent that they are necessary to understand the substance of financial statement information. Internal control of accounting systems will be considered. A base of analytical tools will be provided for interpretation of financial information. Specific financial accounting issues related to current and long-term operational assets, current liabilities, debt instruments and equity are discussed.
Prerequisites: sophomore status. BSAD 1700 or CSC 1400, MATH 0200.
Introduction to Managerial Accounting
BSAD 2020 3 cr. 3 hr.
This course stresses the usefulness of accounting data as it relates to the managerial decision making process relative to planning, control and analysis. Among the multifaceted areas of study are cost volume, profit analysis, budgeting, performance analysis and organizational planning and control.
Prerequisites: BSAD 2010, ECON 1200, MATH 1250.
Business Problem Solving with Microcomputers
BSAD 2700 3 cr. 3 hr.
This course uses the computer as a tool to solve business problems. Problem definition, analysis of problem, solution design and implementation are phases leading toward the development of a business application system.
Prerequisite: BSAD 1700.
Financial Reporting Theory and Practice I (formerly Intermediate Accounting I)
BSAD 3010 3 cr. 3 hr.
This course is designed to provide a strong conceptual, analytical and procedural foundation for the study of financial reporting and practice. The historical development of accounting thought and the role of financial accounting in today's economy are investigated. Socioeconomic, political, legal and ethical influences on financial reporting are considered. Discussions include procedures to record, summarize, and report results of business events; content and presentation of financial statements and specific reporting issues related to cash and receivable. An overview of financial statement analysis is also presented. International issues are addressed as appropriate.
Prerequisites: BSAD 2020.
Financial Reporting Theory and Practice II (formerly Intermediate Accounting I)
BSAD 3020 3 cr. 3 hr.
In this course, in-depth discussion of financial reporting theory and practice is continued with respect to inventories, concurrent operational assets, current and contingent liabilities, long-term debt and owners' equity. Financial statement analysis of these financial statement elements is also continued. Ethical and international issues are addressed throughout the semester.
Prerequisite: BSAD 3010.
Cost Accounting
BSAD 3120 3 cr. 3 hr.
This course discusses job and process costing, managerial decision making using cost estimation and cost-volume-profit analysis, flexible budgeting, transfer pricing and capital investment decisions.
Prerequisites: BSAD 2020.
Principles of Management
BSAD 3200 3 cr. 3 hr.
This is an introductory course in basic management concepts and practices. This course covers principles and techniques as they relate to planning, organizing, leading and controlling business enterprises.
Human Resources Management
BSAD 3210 3 cr. 3 hr.
This is an introductory course which surveys human resources practices and procedures involved with recruiting, employment, training and development, job evaluation, compensation, health and safety, labor relations and workplace law. Special topics of student interest are also covered.
Prerequisite: BSAD 3200.
Production Management
BSAD 3220 3 cr. 3 hr.
This course provides an overview of business operations. In light of selected production improvement techniques (automation, incentive wage system, etc.), students review the role of selected staff departments (purchasing, production planning, etc.) that support the line organization. In the process, students become familiar with a variety of control systems (quality control, inventory control, etc.), which are fundamental in any business-whether product or service oriented.
Prerequisite: BSAD 3200.
Fundamentals of Marketing
BSAD 3300 3 cr. 3 hr.
This course discusses the role of marketing in our economic and social structure. It includes the planning, distribution, pricing and promotion of goods and services to consumer and industrial markets in the context of internal activities of the firm and environmental forces.
Consumer Behavior
BSAD 3310 3 cr. 3 hr.
This course familiarizes the student with the consumer decision making processes. It utilizes the concepts of the social and behavioral sciences in order to provide an understanding of consumer buying behavior.
Prerequisites: BSAD 3300.
Market Research
BSAD 3320 3 cr. 3 hr.
This course emphasizes the importance of research in marketing planning and decision making. Instruction includes the basics of scientific investigation, the search for information, sampling, data collection, data analysis, interpretation and reporting.
Prerequisites: BSAD 3300.
Advertising
BSAD 3330 3 cr. 3 hr.
In this course students become knowledgeable about the preparation and use of advertising. Topics include the functions of advertising, planning an advertising campaign, copy, artwork and media selection.
Prerequisites: BSAD 2020, 3200, 3300, 3500.
Small Business Management
BSAD 3340 3 cr. 3 hr.
This course provides students with an understanding of the unique characteristics required of the successful small business entrepreneur and the specifics relative to the start-up, financing and management of a small business. Emphasis is on a full spectrum of business functions as applied to small firms, including proprietorships, partnerships, corporations and franchised outlets.
Prerequisites: BSAD 3200, 3300.
TQM (Total Quality Management)
BSAD 3350 3 cr. 3 hr.
This course studies the concepts, practices and methods of contemporary quality management in both manufacturing and service-related industries. Topics may include quality management, customer service, leadership, measuring quality, statistical process and teamwork.
Prerequisite: BSAD 3200.
Basic Finance
BSAD 3400 3 cr. 3 hr.
This course studies the forms and sources of financing business firms, large and small, corporate and noncorporate. The emphasis is on financial planning and financial problem solving.
Prerequisite: BSAD 2020.
Investments
BSAD 3410 3 cr. 3 hr.
The course analyzes stocks, corporate and governmental bonds and other investment media, and studies the secondary stock market mechanism. Students review various investment vehicles and security evolution. Research of individual companies and industries is required. The course is primarily facilitated by lectures and problem solving.
Prerequisites: BSAD 2020, 3200, 3300.
Real Estate Principles and Practices
BSAD 3440 3 cr. 3 hr.
Using a business perspective this course explores real estate use, ownership and development as well as its social impact and business constraints. The effect of home ownership on executive transfers and company costs is examined. Current terminology in the field is defined, including property rights, ownership, financing, planning for the future, property evaluation and property management.
Prerequisite: BSAD 3200.
Real Estate Investment and Management
BSAD 3460 3 cr. 3 hr.
The course looks at the business decisions involved in the investment, financing, and management of real estate. This course focuses on real estate as a popular investment vehicle because of the number of income-producing characteristics it possesses. Students learn the principles of cash flow, changing property values, equity investor, decision-making, risk and return and market research in light of current real estate trends.
Prerequisites: BSAD 2020, 3200, 3300, 3400.
Business Law I
BSAD 3500 3 cr. 3 hr.
This course is an introduction to the study of business law, its nature and classification, the court systems and their procedures. Contract law, the law of sales and personal property are considered comprehensively.
Systems Analysis Methods
BSAD 3710 3 cr. 3 hr.
As an overview of the system development life cycle, this course introduces the student to the fundamental concepts and techniques of systems analysis. Classical and structured methods of systems documentation are explored as well as information gathering and reporting activities.
Prerequisite: BSAD 3900 and CSC 3450
Computer Concepts and Programming Techniques
BSAD 3720 3 cr. 3 hr.
This course is a survey of technical topics related to computer systems with emphasis on the relationship between computer architecture, system software and applications software.
Prerequisites: BSAD 3710, CSC 2700.
Financial Reporting Theory and Practice III
BSAD 4010
In this course, in-depth discussion of financial reporting theory and practices are continued with respect to inventories, concurrent operational assets, current and contingent liabilities, long-term debt and owners' equity. Financial statement analysis of these financial statement elements is also continued. Ethical and international issues are addressed throughout the semester.
Prerequisite: BSAD 3020, MATH 1800.
Consolidations and Mergers
BSAD 4100 3 cr. 3 hr.
This course includes accounting problems involved in the preparation of consolidated financial statements and in home and branch office relationships. The accounting concepts of purchasing and pooling of interests are stressed.
Prerequisites: BSAD 3020, including all related prerequisites.
International Accounting and Taxation
BSAD 4110 3 cr. 3 hr.
This course will provide an understanding of the international accounting standards and the international taxation rules within the accounting profession. U.S. accounting practices and foreign accounting practices in selected countries will be discussed. Taxation issues will center on U.S. taxes, both corporate and individual, for outbound and inbound transactions.
Prerequisites: BSAD 3020.
Individual Taxation
BSAD 4120 3 cr. 3 hr.
This course studies the federal income tax laws, as they apply to individuals, in compliance and tax planning opportunities.
Prerequisites: BSAD 3020. Financial Reporting
Theory and Practice II (including all related prerequisites).
Corporate, Estate, and Gift Taxation
(formerly Advanced Taxation)
BSAD 4130 3 cr. 3 hr.
This course studies the federal income tax laws and regulations in both compliance and tax planning opportunities applicable to partnerships, corporations, fiduciaries and gift and estate taxes.
Prerequisite: BSAD 4120.
Auditing
BSAD 4140 3 cr. 3 hr.
The basic concepts of auditing and control are examined in this course. It emphasizes internal control, audit problems and professional responsibilities of the CPA regarding auditing requirements.
Prerequisite: BSAD 4010.
Not-For-Profit Accounting
*BSAD 4160 3 cr. 3 hr.
This course examines the accounting and reporting principles, standards, and procedures as they apply to governmental and not-for-profit entities, such as governmental organizations, hospitals, colleges and universities.
Prerequisites: BSAD 3020, including all related prerequisites.
Organizational Behavior and Theory
BSAD 4200 3 cr. 3 hr.
This course is a general descriptive and analytical study of organizations from the behavioral science point of view. It includes problems of motivation, leadership, morale, social structure, group networks, communications, hierarchy and control in complex organizations. The interaction between technology and human behavior is discussed. Alternative theoretical models are considered.
Prerequisites: BSAD 3200.
Social and Political Environment of Business
BSAD 4210 3 cr. 3 hr.
This course is a study of the evolution of American business in the context of its changing political and social environment. Analysis of the origins of the American business creed, the concept of social responsibility of business and the expanding role of the corporation are included.
Prerequisites: BSAD 3200.
Business Fluctuations and Forecasting
BSAD 4230 3 cr. 3 hr.
The analysis of public and business policies, which are necessary as a result of business fluctuations within our capitalist free enterprise system, often require technical forecasting. This course will emphasize this technical forecasting aspect.
Prerequisites: ECON 1200, MATH 1800.
Ethical Decisions in Business
BSAD 4250 3 cr. 3 hr.
This course is designed to explore, discuss and analyze the values and methods that can be used by our future business managers to make ethical decisions in live business situations. It provides a basis for considering the type of corporate policy and environment essential for minimizing the conflict between right and the end justifies the means.
Sales Management
BSAD 4300 3 cr. 3 hr.
This course enhances the students' understanding of and skills for managing the selling function. The emphasis of the coursework is on personal selling as an element in the marketing mix.
Prerequisites: BSAD 3300.
Retail Marketing
BSAD 4310 3 cr. 3 hr.
This course introduces the student to the nature and scope of retail marketing and management. The course includes the structure of retailing, merchandising, buying, pricing, promotion and organization, as well as management of the retail firm.
Prerequisites: BSAD 3300.
Industrial Marketing
BSAD 4320 3 cr. 3 hr.
This course centers on the marketing of goods to industrial firms, governmental agencies and other organizations included within the industrial market. The areas covered in the course include distribution channels, pricing policies, product planning and market strategy.
Prerequisites: BSAD 3200.
International Marketing
BSAD 4330 3 cr. 3 hr.
This course concentrates on the marketing activities of firms operating in an international market. It provides the student with an understanding of the factors that influence the selling of products in international markets. The planning, organizing and controlling of international marketing is explored along with its law, history and economics.
Prerequisites: BSAD 3300.
Developing Marketing Strategies
BSAD 4340 3 cr. 3 hr.
Through the use of case studies and, where possible, cooperating businesses and nonprofit organizations, students identify pertinent marketing problems and opportunities, assess the organization's resources and develop viable marketing programs. The course includes new product development and management strategies for effective marketing policies over the course of the entire product life cycle.
Prerequisites: BSAD 3300.
Financial Management of Corporations
BSAD 4440 3 cr. 3 hr.
This course covers the analysis and management of the flow of funds through an enterprise. Cash management, source, and application of funds, as well as term loans and types and sources of long term capital, are examined. As an introduction to capital markets, the class explores capital budgeting, cost of capital and financial structure.
Prerequisite: BSAD 3400.
Business Law II
BSAD 4500 3 cr. 3 hr.
This course is a continuation of Introduction to Business Law and deals with the law of agency, commercial paper, credit and the various forms of business.
Prerequisite: BSAD 3500.
Systems Design & Implementation
BSAD 4700 3 cr. 3 hr.
This capstone course will emphasize the design and implementation phases of the system development life cycle using case studies. A problem solving approach will be used for students to learn strategy and techniques for dealing with complexities in Information Systems Development.
Prerequisite: CSC/BSAD 3710
Data Base Management Systems
*BSAD 4720 3 cr. 3 hr.
This course provides an introduction to the concepts of database processing with emphasis on application programming in a database environment. Physical and logical organization of data, data relationships and operational requirements of a database management system are also discussed.
Prerequisites: BSAD 3710, CSC 2700.
Applied Software Development
BSAD 4730 3 cr. 3 hr.
As the capstone course in the MIS concentration, this course requires the student to apply concepts, principles and problem solving techniques, as well as strategies and tools learned in previous MIS and business courses to the development of a realistic computer-based information system of medium complexity.
Prerequisite: BSAD 3720.
International Business Management
BSAD 4880 3 cr. 3 hr.
The course provides an analysis of the complexities of doing business overseas. Emphasis is on commerce, trade and investments. Topics include cultural differences, market barriers, business practices, product/market strategies, distribution and organization for small firms and multinational corporations.
Prerequisite: senior status in Business Administration or permission of Department Chairperson.
Business Policy and Strategy
BSAD 4890 3 cr. 3 hr.
This course integrates all organic management functions. Cases are used as subjects for analysis and systematic decision making practice.
Prerequisite: senior status in Business Administration
or permission of Department Chairperson.
Independent Study - Management
BSAD 4903 3 cr.
Independent Study - Accounting
BSAD 4913 3 cr.
Independent Study - Marketing
BSAD 4923 3 cr.
Independent Study-CIS
BSAD 4933 3 cr.
To study specific, advanced topics in the Business Administration area, students must have the approval of the supervising instructor and the department.
Independent Study - Management
BSAD 4902 2 cr.
Independent Study - Accounting
BSAD 4914 2 cr.
Independent Study - Marketing
BSAD 4934 2 cr.
Independent Study - Management
BSAD 4915 1 cr.
Independent Study - Accounting
BSAD 4925 1 cr.
Independent Study - Marketing
BSAD 4935 1 cr.
Independent Study - CIS
BSAD 4945 1 cr.
Internship: Business Laboratory
BSAD 4910 1 cr.
BSAD 4920 2 cr.
BSAD 4930 3 cr.
The (1,2,3 credit) Business Laboratory Internships operate within the Business and Technology Training Center. The Business laboratory is a learning laboratory that allows students to work on various projects. Students will participate in developing and operating their own consulting firm in the laboratory. They will develop outreach to large, medium and small businesses, organizations, institutions and enterprises. Students may earn up to six credits throughout their four years of college.
BSAD 4950 6 cr.
This course is a part time (18 hour per week) internship in either the private or public sector. The purpose of the course is to allow the student the opportunity to synthesize the theoretical learning of the classroom with a practical work situation.
Prerequisite: approval by Internship Director.
Internship
BSAD 4970 12 cr.
This course is a full semester (36 hour per week) Internship in either the private or public sector. The purpose of the course is to allow the student the opportunity to synthesize the theoretical learning of the classroom with a practical work situation.
Prerequisite: approval by Internship Director.
Internal Departmental Practicums
(Business Laboratories)
BSAD 4915, 4925, 4935 (see Independent Studies)
Students will participate in a series of learning laboratories, including a student-run consulting firm. The Business Administration Department offers students opportunities to receive up to six credits by working on actual business projects on campus and in the community.
Prerequisite: permission of Department Chairperson.
Directed Study
BSAD 4975 1-6 cr.
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