Course Descriptions
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BUS 101 First Year Business Seminar This is a course designed specifically for new college students in the School of Business. The emphasis is on personal development: an understanding of self and the habits necessary for personal effectiveness and for effective relationships with others. Topics include taking responsibility as well as developing personal mission statements, time management skills, and listening skills. The course includes a term project and an exposure to the range of career options available to college graduates. There is a high level of interaction with the faculty and peers both inside and outside the classroom. An introduction to critical thinking skills is also covered. ~3 cr. BUS 301 Integrated Business Operations Prerequisites: AC 202, CIS 202, FIN 214, QM 201, MAN 101, MK 200. This course is case and/or simulation-based, emphasizing the interrelationships among the various operations systemes of business (accounting, finance, MIS, marketing, management) and the various dimensions of the business environment (economic, political, technological, etc.) in business decision making and problem solving. Students are required to apply the discipline-specific learning from their introductory-level business courses to operational-level business decisions and problems. Instructors in this course serve primarily as course facilitators, with several options available to provide students with access to "consultants" in each discipline area.~3 cr. BUS 450 Business Strategy Prerequisite: Senior standing. This is an integrative examination of the strategic planning process and its relationship with the various functions within the business environment. Competencies in effective managerial decision-making are explored from case studies and experiences of actual businesses from a variety of industries, both domestic and global.~3 cr. MAN 101 Principles of Management This is a study of topics in management's role. Topics include management functions as well as principles of effective coordination and control.~3 cr. MAN 350 Structures in the Sport Industry (Sport Management) Prerequisite: MAN 101. This is an introduction to the principles of management in a sport-related business. Course content includes organizing, motivating, planning, staffing, directing, and controlling. Managerial ethics are covered, as are issues of social responsibility. The course provides and investigation of the scope of the sport industry and implications for managing this growing field.~3 cr. MAN 423 Human Resource Management Prerequisite: MAN 101. This is a study of the nature and role of personnel administration. Emphasis is on the core personnel functions of selection, training and development, performance appraisal, compensation, and personnel law,~3 cr. MAN 455 Sport Facility Planning and Management This course places an emphasis on the neccessity of proper planning and maintenance in the sport management scheme. Topics include the evaluation in planning, construction, and operations of facilities.~4 cr. MAN 480 Internship in Management MAN 465 Seminar in Sport Management This is an examination of contemporary issues in the field. The seminar format consists of an examination of current literature (both academic and applied) with an emphasis on the analysis of strategies, decisions, and resource utilization.~3 cr. CIS 102 Computer Tools for Business This course has two components: The first is a hands-on introduction to database management systems with an emphasis on using and developing database applications in a businesscontext. The second, which accounts for approximately one third of the course, focuses on the practical implementation of spreadsheet models to address business problems.~3 cr. CIS 202 Introduction to Information Systems Prerequisite: Sophomore standing. This course is an introduction to information systems as a discipline including a survey and overview of what IS includes, the role and function of MIS in the business organization, IS job functions and career paths, and the nature and vocabulary of major information system technologies. A lab, comprising at most one third of the course, will provide students with a business-oriented introduction to Internet and World Wide Web concepts and technologies.~3 cr. AC 201 Financial Reporting Prerequisite: MATH 105, 111, or 123. This course provides an introduction to financial accounting, which involves the measurement of economic information about a company and its communication to external parties such as owners and creditors. Emphasis is placed on the theoretical principles underlying the classification, summarization, and analysis of financial data in the balance sheet, income statement, and statement of cash flows.~3 cr. AC 202 Managerial Accounting Prerequisite: AC 201. This course provides an introduction to managerial accounting, with an emphasis on the planning, control, and decision-making functions of management. Specific topics examined include cost behavior, product costing, cost-volume-profit analysis, budgeting, and identification of relevant costs for decision making.~3 cr. MK 200 Principles of Marketing This course is an exploration of the role of marketing both within the firm and within society. The course examines concepts, functions, and institutions involved in the process of developing and distributing products and services to consumer, industrial, and international markets.~3 cr. MK 366 Sport Marketing Prerequisite: MK 200. This course is an introduction to sport marketing as a broadly defined profession with particular emphasis on marketing management in sports. In addition to career considerations in the sport industry, sport marketing topics include marketing research, computer applications, and communication.~3 cr. QM 201 Introduction to Business Statistics Prerequisite: CIS 101, MATH 112. This is a comprehensive introduction to the use of statistics in business decision making. This course provides the analytical tools needed for making informed business decisions using data. The focus is on decision making using the tools of statistics. Topics include graphical and numerical summaries of data, probability distibutions; hypothesis tests of mean and proportion, the chi-squared test of statistical independence, and simple linear regression. The use of computing tools in statistical analysis is emphasized heavily. Credit for both this course and MATH 207 is not permissible.~3 cr. QM 310 Quality and Operations Management Prerequisites: MATH 1xx, MATH 1xy, QM 201, MAN 101, MK 200, AC 202, FIN 214, CIS 202. This course is the second quantitative methods course. Topics to be covered include inventory management, including JIT and MRP, statistical quality control, linear programming, optimal scheduling, and facility layout. These topics are presented from the perspective of a quality and continuous improvement paradigm and in the context of the problem solving model.~3 cr. FIN 214 Corporation Finance Prerequisite: MATH 105, 106, or 111, 112 or 123, 124. This is an introductory course that focuses on the concepts and tools used in financial decision making. It includes topics such as time value of money, risk and return, valuation, working capital management, and financial markets.~3 cr. LS 301 Legal Aspects of Business This is a study of the foundation legal principles underlying modern business transactions. Particular emphasis is given to understanding the legal system and its role in conflict resolution. Specific topics include contracts, agency, torts, negligence, and business crimes.~3 cr. LS 460 Sport Law Prerequisite: LS 301. This is an overview of the increasing effect the law is having on sports. Liability issues, title IX, discrimination issues, anti-trust laws, contracts, and labor law are explored. The course examines the role of legal services within sports organizations.~3 cr. EC 340 The Economics in Sports Prerequisite: EC 206 or EC 101 or EC 105 or EC 208. This course applies the tools of economic theory to the market for professional sport entertainment. The majore professional sports leagues all exhibit several practices which are unparalleled in other U.S. industries. These practices, both in hiring athletes and selling the "entertainment product," are analyzed. Government policies towards this unique market are also investigated.~3 cr. |