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Business & Management Courses

Business & Management Courses

BUS 111 Introduction to Arts Administration

This course will engage the primary critical areas that arts administrators manage regardless of the art medium represented or the size of the arts entity. Topics include the rise of the arts as an economic engine and social force, concept development and analysis, stakeholder analysis, business plans, the creative class, and mission statements. Class guests from various arts entities provide opportunities for real world case studies and dialogue on current issues in the arts.

BUS 180 Business and Society

This course introduces basic business concepts and critically analyzes issues facing business in its interactions with government, people and the environment. Basic business finance, accounting, human resources, operations, marketing, management and strategy concepts and practices are studied through the lens of their impact on society. Some of the questions examined are: How do managers make financial, marketing, and strategic decisions in the face of competing demands of the various stakeholders? What are product pricing, distribution, and promotional strategies and what are ethical dilemmas faced in implementing them? What impacts are e-business and global business having on business, society, laws, and business decisions? How can businesses manage human resources for both quality of life and success?

BUS 201 Modern Business Messaging

The course is intended for any student wishing to improve written communication skills, but especially for those students who want to gain skills in writing clear and effective business-related prose. The course focuses on the business and technical writing skills necessary to communicate effectively in a variety of professional settings. Students analyze, evaluate, and create a variety of professional documents: letters, memos, resumes, reports, proposals, business plans, presentations, etc.

BUS 209 Business Spanish 1/2

Introduction to what business and other professional contexts look like in the Spanish-speaking world. In addition, we will study the language structures and cultural formalities needed to engage in effective communication and to develop successful relationships in these professional environments. Attention is also given to professional writing and oral tasks in accordance with appropriate cultural conventions. In this way, the course is not only for students wanting to use Spanish for business purposes, but also for those planning to work in non-profit organizations, the public sector, community organizations, or engage in activism. Taught in Spanish.

BUS 211 Principles of Accounting I

Fundamental principles, techniques and functions of accounting. An introduction to the basic financial statements and their interpretation.

BUS 212 Principles of Accounting II

Amplification of accounting material presented in BUS 211. An introduction to the accounting principles used to value assets, liabilities, and shareholders' equity. Further emphasis on the interpretation and analysis of financial statements.

BUS 215 Advanced Principles of Arts Administration

This course will build upon the theory, concepts, and skills initiated in AADM 111 through the study of the strategic administrative level of responsibilities. Arts organizations require highly knowledgeable and skilled individuals with a keen aesthetic sensibility, incisive business acumen, and an insightful understanding of current issues and trends that are relevant to the creative health, fiscal prosperity, and human capital of those organizations and the demographics they serve. Strategic topics include, entity organizational structures, leadership strategies, and economic theory as applied in the non-profit sector, budgeting, fundraising, governance, labor relations, marketing, and arts advocacy.

BUS 216 Marketing and Society

Marketing concepts, processes, metrics, and management issues are critically analyzed with regard to business in its interactions with people, stakeholders, government, and society. Topics include: marketing strategy; marketing research; product development, pricing and promotion; market segmentation; supply (value) chain; marketing metrics, international marketing; e-marketing; social media; marketing ethics; sustainability and social responsibility.

BUS 230 Labor Economics

This course examines the labor market and how economic, social and institutional forces influence the supply and demand for labor. Topics include: labor force participation, wage determination, investments in human capital, wage differentials, discrimination, the role of unions and collective bargaining and policy considerations such as the effects of welfare and social security benefits on levels of participation.

BUS 233 Personal Finance 1/2

The purpose of this course is to develop students as confident personal finance decision makers. This course will define the parameters of personal finance and encourage students to think creatively about their individual financial decisions. While common methods of decision making will be discussed, students will be encouraged to think outside the box to develop, structure, and manage individual financial goals. Course content will be engaged through lecture and open discussion, allowing for a wide range of topics to be covered including personal budgets, credit management strategies, financing big purchases, investing and risk, and short term and long term financial goal setting.

BUS 240 Management Principles

This course explores how the study and theories of management have changed with the changing nature of work and the workplace, to understand the dynamic interplay among the work, the worker and the environment in which work is done. Students create team projects to experience and analyze the planning, organizing, motivating and controlling functions of organizational management. We pay particular attention to the process of managing and the challenges of getting work done with and through others.

BUS 242 Business Computing

This course is an introduction to business computing as a crucial tool applied to problem solving in every sector of business using critical thinking skills to analyze data in the context of real-world business problems. Problem sets will address topics from the areas of accounting, finance, marketing, management, and statistics through considerations of logic, ethics, and functions.

BUS 267 Organizational Behavior

This course is a study of group dynamics within the context of work organizations. Topics include group decision-making, conformity, leadership, communication, organizational structure and climate, and Job Satisfaction.

BUS 301 Intermediate Accounting I

This course is the first course of a two-course sequence of Intermediate Accounting. Students will experience an expanded treatment of financial accounting theory and principles. Students will examine the balance sheet, income statement, and statement of cash flows. The conceptual framework of accounting, concepts of future and present value, cash and receivables, inventory, and the acquisition and disposition of property, plant, and equipment will be given special emphasis. Methods of presenting financial statements for external users will be studied. The Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) Codification process will be examined to gain an understanding of current principles and regulations followed in the preparation of financial statements.

BUS 302 Intermediate Accounting II

This course is the second course in a two-course sequence. Intermediate Accounting II continues education of Intermediate Accounting concepts and principles developed in Intermediate Accounting I. Students will examine the balance sheet and income statement in detail with special emphasis on the liability and stockholder's equity sections of the Balance Sheet. Concepts for contingencies, bonds and long-term notes financing, leases, pensions, and accounting changes will be examined. Methods of presenting financial statements for external users will be studied. A detailed analysis in preparing the Statement of Cash Flows will also be examined. The Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) Codification process will be examined to gain an understanding of current principles and regulations followed in the preparation of financial statements.

BUS 312 Advanced Managerial Accounting

This course is designed as an extension of Principles of Accounting I and II. It is intended for the student wanting additional knowledge in the area of accounting and accounting research, as well as the student pursuing a graduate degree in a related field, such as MBA. The course will focus on topics of business ethics, financial analysis, and management decision making. Business research and writing will be conducted for specific topics. Discussion of the role and issues experienced by a managerial accountant will be included.

BUS 313 Principles of Auditing and Other Assurance Services

This course is designed for the student seeking a Certified Internal Auditor (CIA) or Certified Public Accountant (CPA) designation and career. The course will introduce students to the field of Auditing. The course emphasizes the philosophy and environment of the auditing profession with an emphasis on auditing standards, professional conduct, legal liability, audit evidence, audit planning, consideration of internal control, and audit sampling. A risk-based approach to selecting appropriate auditing procedures is emphasized for obtaining audit evidence.

BUS 316 Taxation of Individuals

This course is designed as as the first part of a 2course sequence for the student seeking a Certified Public Accountant (CPA) designation and career. The course will introduce students to the field of Federal Taxation The course emphasizes the ethics, philosophy, and environment of taxation allowing students the opportunity to gain an understanding of personal income taxes and how they are computed. This course will assist students wishing to pursue a career in accounting and taxes and will benefit students as private citizens to manage their personal and family finances. Students will examine the federal income tax structure and apply income tax accounting to cases of individual federal tax returns to include analysis of federal income tax laws governing gross income, deductions, calculation of income tax rates, income tax credits, and the alternative minimum tax for individuals.

BUS 317 Taxation of Business Entities

This course is designed as as the second part of a 2-course sequence for the student seeking a Certified Public Accountant (CPA) designation and career. The course will continue educating students in the field of Federal Taxation. The course emphasizes the philosophy, ethics, and environment of taxation allowing students the opportunity to gain an understanding of Partnership and Corporate income taxes and how they are computed. This course will assist students wishing to pursue a career in accounting and taxes, as well as in understanding of how to navigate interactions with the corporate world as citizens. Students will examine the federal income tax structure and apply income tax accounting to cases of Partnership and Corporate federal tax returns to include analysis of federal income tax laws governing gross income, deductions, calculation of income tax rates, income tax credits, and other tax circumstances for Partnerships and Corporations, including Small Business entities.

BUS 320 Entrepreneurship and Society

This course focuses on the global entrepreneurial revolution and mindset through exploration of the value creation process and the driving forces of entrepreneurship - the business plan, founder leaders and the team, ethics, resource requirements and constraints, financing, management of growth, and avoidance of pitfalls. Paradoxical issues are addressed including: ambiguity and uncertainty vs. planning and rigor; creativity vs. empirical analysis; patience and perseverance vs. urgency; organization and management vs. flexibility; innovation and responsiveness vs. systematization; risk avoidance vs. risk management; and current profitability vs. long term equity. A culminating entrepreneurial project is an integral component of the course.

BUS 325 Human Resource Management

This course will introduce students to the field of human resources management, the function in an organization responsible for managing the talent or human capital of the organization. Breaking human resources management into core components, students will explore strategies and practices for attracting, developing, and retaining talent working in defined roles in an organization structure operating consistent with business values and culture--all necessary for a business to meet its operational goals.

BUS 333 Financial Management

This course examines the functions, responsibilities, logic and analytical tools of financial management. The elements of the financial administration of the firm will be considered throughout the term. Emphasis will be placed on "why" as well as "how" financial decisions are made in organizations. This will be accomplished by examining the areas of cash flow, valuation, present value, risk and return, cost of capital and short and long term financing.

BUS 341 Advanced Management and Leadership

This course focuses on operating a company as an integrated enterprise and emphasizes making decisions consistent with the overall strategy of the enterprise as coordinated across business functions. Students will integrate and apply strategic concepts from accounting, economics, finance, management, marketing, and production/operations to actual or simulated business situations. Strategic decisions at multiple levels set the direction of the organization as a whole and enable the realization of organizational objectives. Topics encompass the role of top management, globalization of business, and ethical perspectives. Case studies and research reports will be used extensively.

BUS 342 Strategic Management

This course examines how companies analyze and determine an overall strategic direction to operate as an ethically integrated enterprise making decisions consistent with the overall strategy as coordinated across business functions. Students will integrate and apply strategic concepts from accounting, economics, finance, management, marketing, and productions/operations to actual or simulated business situations.

BUS 343 Strategic Brand Management

This course will explore the important issues in devising, implementing, managing, and evaluating brand strategies. Students will analyze and compare concepts, theories, models, and other tools to make sound brand management decisions. Particular emphasis will be on understanding psychological principles at the individual and organizational levels. This course will also incorporate principles of marketing research. This course is relevant for any type of organization regardless of size, nature of business, or profit orientation.

BUS 349 Internship in Business 1/2 or 1

Interested students working with faculty members in the program of Business and Management may arrange internships in the area of Business.

BUS 351 Sports Management and Society

This course focuses on the professional field of sports management as a business practice and a social phenomenon. The course explores the role of sport in society, sporting strategy, non-profit sport, professional sport, organizational design, leadership, sport culture, financial management in sport, and sport marketing. Course objectives will be accomplished through discussion of the textbook, assigned readings, lecture, video viewing, case studies, group presentations, student participation, and examination.

BUS 360B Startup Term: Entrepreneurship and Society, New Venture Creation

Entrepreneurship and Society is a seminar format course for Startup Term students. It begins with developing an understanding of the entrepreneurial mind-set. Topics addressed include the essentials of successful entrepreneurial activity, engaged critical thinking, research and analysis, communication competencies, opportunity recognition, and comprehension of the value creation process. The business plan, leadership, collaborative competencies, personal ethics, resource requirements and constraints, financing, and the essentials of managing growth and avoiding pitfalls are covered during the term. Students will engage in the paradoxical issues of ambiguity and uncertainty vs. planning and rigor; creativity vs. disciplined analysis; patience and perseverance vs urgency; organization and management vs. flexibility; innovation and responsiveness vs. systemization; risk avoidance vs. risk management; current profitability vs. long-term equity. Material is covered through text and topical readings, seminars, group discussions, and guest lectures.

BUS 370 Business Law

Business Law provides students with a broad overview of various ways our legal system impacts/shapes business operations. Topics covered include: The legal environment for business; business structure; contractual relationship and regulatory environment.

BUS 399 Senior Seminar in BUsiness and Management

This is a capstone course in seminar format. An in-depth study and research in your particular area of interest of business and management. Oral presentation and discussion of your study will be ongoing as the course proceeds. A written research paper is required, and will be presented at the end of term.