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Bachelor Of Science in Sustainable Business (B.S.S.B.)
Sustainable Business Major |
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| Major Requirements: 62 semester hours |
| Required courses: AG 210 and 211; BS 201, 202, 305, 325, 495; BS/ES 214; CS 152; EL 100 or BY 123; EL 301; CY 101, 155/157, 156/158; PC 291; *SB 100, 201, 202, 397. Students must select two of the following four courses:
SB200,
SB202,
SB300,
SB315 |
| *For a description of SB courses, see the Sustainable Business web page. |
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Bachelor of Science in International Business (B.S.I.B.)
International Business Major |
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| Major Requirements: 71 semester hours. |
| Required courses (48 semester hours): CS152; ES213, 214 and MS151 (MS252 or MS494 may be substituted); AG210 and 211 (AG212, 213 and 214 in evening program); BS201, 202, 305, 313, 315, 316, 455, 456, 460 and ES342. |
| A further requirement is competency in both English and an international business language - French, German, Japanese or Spanish - which includes 23 semester hours (normally 101, 102, 201, 202, 301 and either 302 or 303). As foreign-language competency may differ not only from language to language but also from student to student, competency will be determined by the Department of Modern Languages. |
At least 18 semester hours of the major must be taken at Aquinas College. Of those 18 semester hours, a minimum of 9 hours must be taken in business administration courses at the 300 level and above. |
Students electing to complete
the concentration in marketing, the concentration in human resources or
a substantial foreign internship may delete BS 315, BS 316, and ES 342
from their BSIB requirements. The substantial foreign internship must be
approved by both the chairperson of the Department of Business Administration
and the chairperson of the Department of Modern Languages. Students
may substitute BS 325 for BS 460 in their BSIB program. If a student
is already competent in a foreign language, that student need not complete
a particular number of hours in foreign language coursework. Rather, the
student must demonstrate his or her competence in that language. Such
competence may be certified in writing by the department of modern languages.
Alternatively, the student may demonstrate competence by passing
the 300 level business conversation class in the language. |
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Bachelor of Science in Business Administration (B.S.B.A.)
Business Administration Major |
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| Major Requirements: 39 semester hours. |
| Required courses: CS152; ES213and 214; MS151 (MS252 or MS494 may be substituted);
AG210 and 211 (AG212, 213, and 214 in the evening program); BS201,
202, 305, 460, 492, and 6 semester hours of business electives. |
| At least 18 semester hours of the major must be taken at Aquinas College. |
| Two concentrations are designed to provide the student with professional
preparation in the fields of either Marketing or Human Resources. They are
described below. |
| Marketing Concentration within the Business Major: In addition to the requirements for the business degree, students must
complete four courses from BS311, 316, 357, 360, 414, 415, 484, ES404.
A capstone course, selected from either BS483or BS442, is also required. |
Human Resources Concentration within the Business Major: In addition to the requirements for the business degree, students must
complete BS355, 372, and 410. Also required are two elective courses
selected from BS356, 360, 413, PG321, PG/EN302. A practicum approved
by the department may be substituted for the two elective courses specified
in this concentration. |
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| Business Administration and Communication Dual Major |
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| Major Requirements: 57 semester hours. |
| Required courses: CS152; ES213and ES214; MS151 (MS252 or MS494 may be substituted);
AG210 and AG211 (AG212, AG213and AG214 in the evening
program); BS/EH106; BS201, BS202, BS305 and BS460; CN101, CN205,
CN206, CN301, CN305, CN307, and CN401; 3 semester hours selected
from BS457 and BS492. |
At least 18 semester hours of the dual major must be taken at Aquinas College. |
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| Accounting and Business Administration Dual Major |
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| Major Requirements: 57 semester hours. |
Course requirements will be found under Accounting. |
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| Business Administration and Theatre Dual Major |
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| Major requirements: Fifty-six (56) semester hours. |
| Designed for the Business student who is interested in Theatre Management.
Course requirements
will be found under Theatre. |
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Bachelor of Science (B.S.)
Business Administration/Sports Management Dual Major |
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| Major Requirements: Sixty-two/Sixty-eight (62/68) semester hours. |
| Course requirements will be found under Health, Physical Education & Recreation. |
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| Chemistry and Business Administration Dual Major |
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| Major requirements: Sixty-six (66) semester hours. CY111, CY112, CY211,
CY212, CY215, CY325, CY346, CY400/401, MS252, ES213, ES214,
AG210, AG211, BS201, BS202, BS305, BS460, BS492. |
Required allied
courses: PC213, PC214, MS121, MS122. At least 20 semester hours of the
dual major must be taken at Aquinas College. |
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Bachelor of Arts (B.A.)
Business Administration and Art/ Visual Arts Administration Dual Major |
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| Major Requirements: 66 semester hours. |
Course requirements will be found under Art. |
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| Business Administration Minor |
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| Cognate Requirements: 26 semester hours. |
| Required courses: AG210 and AG211; BS201 and 202; ES214 and 9 semester hours of
business administration electives which best meet the students’ educational
and career objectives. |
At least 6 semester hours of the cognate must becompleted at Aquinas. |
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| Sustainable Business Minor |
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| Minor requirements: Twenty eight (28) semester hours. |
Required courses: EL 100 or BY 123; CY 101, SB 100, SB 200, one SB elective, BS 201,
BS 202, AG 211, BS 325. |
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| Courses |
| BS/EH106 Business Communication (3) |
| Introduces students to effective listening, writing, and presenting skills for business
and other professional activities. |
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| BS200 Fundamentals of Organizations for the Non-Major (3) BE |
An overview course which introduces the student to the functions of management,
marketing, accounting, finance, and economics. Business principles, concepts,
theories, and terms, together with ethics and values, are examined both
academically and experientially. As an introductory overview of the academic
areas covered by the required core courses in business and business related
majors, this course cannot be used as a business elective in a business major
or minor. |
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| BS201 Principles of Management (3) |
| The focus is on the study of the origin and development of management theory,
processes of management, decision-making, leadership, communication,
social responsibility, and international management. Emphasis on application
of management principles to managing organizations. |
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| BS202 Principles of Marketing (3) |
An introduction to basic marketing concepts, including marketing strategy, pricing,
promotional activities, product development, and physical distribution. |
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| BS/CS300 Systems Analysis I (3) |
| The first of two courses in analysis of business systems using structured
methodologies. Topics include information systems development, project management,
analysis, requirements discovery, data repository, and entity relationship
diagrams.
Prerequisite: CS112. |
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| BS/ES301 Money and Banking (3) |
| A study of financial institutions and markets and of monetary theory.
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| BS/CS302 Systems Analysis II (3) |
| The second of two courses in analysis of business systems using structured
methodologies.Topics include process modeling, data flow diagrams, feasibility
analysis, the systems proposal, and object modeling.
Prerequisite: CS300. |
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| BS305 Financial Management (3) |
Covers the concepts and techniques underlying effective decision making related
to investment and financing decisions. Some of the topics include planning profitability, analysis of risk, valuation of financial assets, time value of
money, cost of capital, capital budgeting, planning capital structure, and dividend
decisions.
Prerequisite: AG210 or AG213; ES214, MS151, CS152. Also business/financial
calculator proficiency. |
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| BS310 Small Business Management (3) |
| Deals with the successful start-up, operation, and growth of a small business
with emphasis on entrepreneurship, the business environment, financial controls
and planning, and administrative control. |
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| BS311 Advertising (3) |
| Examines the role of advertising in marketing strategy, with a secondary emphasis
on specific skills and techniques involved in the advertising process.
Prerequisite: BS202. |
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| BS312 Principles of Investments (3) |
| Covers a general framework for investing, including an overview of the security
markets. The process of analyzing stocks, bonds, option type securities, real
assets, international investing, and mutual funds is introduced. Portfolio management
is considered.
Prerequisite: AG210, or AG212, CS152. |
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| BS/ES313 International Business (3) BE |
| An introduction to international business theory and practice. The balance of
trade, balance of payments, international business strategy options, and the
various modes of conducting international trade are included. |
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| BS314 Advanced Management Principles (3) |
| A practical, in-depth view of the functions of management, utilizing on-site visits,
speakers, practical exercises, research on the future of management, and selfstudy
to assist students in fully comprehending the day-to-day responsibilities
of a manager.
Prerequisite: BS201. |
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| BS315 Culture and International Trade (3) |
| Explores such complex elements as language and communication, cultural and
pragmatic disparities of background, and other issues critical to successful international
business relations. |
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| BS316 International Marketing (3) |
| Deals with the transaction activities occurring in the international marketplace.
Other aspects of international marketing include international channels of distribution,
trade promotion activities of governments and other agencies, practices
related to foreign operations, licensing arrangements, and the environmental
framework of international marketing organizations. |
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| BS/PG321 Industrial Psychology (3) |
An overview of the theoretical and pragmatic applications of the principles of
industrial psychology. Topics include organizational settings, jobs and their requirements,
personnel selection and evaluation, job and work situations, accidents,
and human errors, and the psychological aspects of consumer behavior.
Prerequisites: BS201 or PG100, MS151 or equivalent. |
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| BS325 Ethics and the Ecology of Commerce (3) |
| This course reviews classical positions in ethics as well as current Catholic social
teaching in the areas of morality and the role of business. Relationships between
business institutions and the natural ecology are then examined. Environmental impacts are explored in terms of raw material extraction, pollution, methods of
costing and the long term sustainability of economic growth. Mechanisms for full
costing are explored, as are market growth opportunities, which may be found in
the impetus for pollution control and environmental clean up. Regional, national,
and international aspects are considered with particular emphasis upon the
development of international agreements. |
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| BS331 Business Law I (3) |
Focuses on the basics of business organizations including corporations, partnerships,
limited liability corporations, professional corporations; contracts, including
formation, legality, enforcement, breach, and remedies; the Uniform
Commercial Code with a special emphasis on Sales and Negotiable Instruments
and their application to the accounting and banking professions; also facilities
liability, surveys estates, creditors rights, bankruptcy, and torts and criminal law
as they relate to the business environment. |
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| BS332 Business Law II (3) |
Focuses on specialized areas of the law as they relate to business such as: property
including real property, landlord and tenant relationships, personal property,
bailments, secured transactions; government regulation of business including
the nature and scope of government regulation, consumer law, environmental
law, antitrust, labor relations; also surveys insurance, wills and the law of inheritance,
professional liability, and emerging trends. |
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| BS/AG336 Tax Law I (3) |
| Covers the basic concepts of federal income taxation applicable to individual
taxpayers, including tax research, realization and recognition of income, deductions
and credits.
Prerequisite: AG210 or 212. |
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| BS/AG337 Tax Law II (3) |
| A continuation of the basic concepts and principles of federal income taxation as
it applies to partnerships and corporations.Topics covered include partnerships,
S Corporations, regular corporations, LLCs, LLPs, gift tax and estate tax.
Prerequisite: BS/AG336. |
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| BS340 Public Administration (3) |
| Theory and practical skills involved in working with public agencies and implementing
public programs. |
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| BS341 Production Management (3) |
| Covers the managerial decisions involved in plant location, internal factory organization,
plant operation and control, planning, scheduling, routing, purchasing,
cost control, and inventory control.
Prerequisite: BS201. |
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| BS345 Personal Finance (3) BE |
| Serves as a practical guide to individual money planning. Subjects covered
include budgeting, investing, planning for taxes, insurance, consumer decisions,
and retirement planning. |
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| BS350 Total Quality Management (3) |
| An examination of the theory and practice of quality management. The focus of
this course is a systems approach to the implementation and management of
quality in organizations.
Prerequisite: BS201. |
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| BS/ES352 Labor/Management Relations (3) |
| Reviews the historical development of Labor and Management Relations in the
United States. Explores the key aspects of today’s management/labor/government
interactions. Highlights the collective bargaining process through simulation.
Prerequisite: ES213. |
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| BS/PG355 Organizational Behavior (3) |
| Examines organizational behavior from an historical perspective, dealing with
the diagnosis of individual issues and group issues, the development of an understanding
of organizational issues, and concludes with the topic of changing
organizations.
Prerequisite: BS201 or PG100. |
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| BS356 Organizational Leadership (3) |
| Focuses on the process of influencing individuals and groups toward organizational
goals, including such topics as the evolution of leadership theory, leadership
effectiveness, and situational leadership. Prerequisites: BS 201 or PG 100, or approval of instructor. |
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| BS357 Public Relations (3) |
| A comprehensive study of the role of public relations in contemporary organizations.
Topics include planning issues, international public relations, specialty
applications, and product publicity. Critical examination of public relations techniques
and ethical issues occurs throughout the course.
Prerequisite: BS202. |
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| BS/PG360 Consumer Behavior (3) |
| Analysis of the complex process of buying behavior through systematic development
of a behavior model utilizing concepts from psychology, sociology, and
social psychology.
Prerequisites: BS202 or PG100. |
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| BS368 Purchasing (3) |
| Covers the basic purchasing functions and procedures, including inventory control,
budget, sources of supply, and capital equipment. Other topics include legal
aspects and ethical issues.
Prerequisite: BS201. |
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| BS/PG372 Training and Development (3) |
| Review of techniques to determine training needs, to develop appropriate
programs, to select methods of presenting these programs, and to evaluate
program effectiveness. Includes application of instructional design and adult
learning theory to design of learning experiences.
Prerequisite: BS201. |
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| BS375 History of Business Regulation (3) |
| American political system as separation of powers; judiciary as instrument for
social change; anti-trust legislation; regulatory agencies; competing jurisdictions
in regulations; response of business to regulation. |
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| BS390 Readings in Business (1) |
| Each student will research a business topic of choice, resulting in a required
12–15 page paper. In addition, each student will participate in a structured
discussion of all papers during the last class session. Enrollment is limited to
a maximum of 10 students.
Prerequisite: Sophomore status. |
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| BS397 Field Experience (Variable) |
| Up to 3semester hours of internship or co-operative experience in a field directly
related to Business Administration, negotiated between major advisor and
student.
Prerequisite: Approval of the chairperson. |
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| BS399 Independent Project (Variable) |
| An individually-negotiated project of a defined nature established by a contract
between the instructor and student. Contract filed with the Registrar.
Prerequisite: Approval of the chairperson. |
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| BS410 Human Resource Management (3) |
| An overview of human resource management, including staffing, employee development,
labor relations, remuneration, security, and performance evaluation.
Prerequisite: BS201. |
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| BS413 Project Management (3) |
| This course provides an overview of project management in organizations. The
content integrates the socio (people concerns) and the technical (analytical
tools) involved in the design, leadership and control of organizational projects. |
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| BS414 Physical Distribution Management (3) |
| Reviews the nature and organization of distribution channel management, including
all components involved in the movement of goods from manufacturer
to end-user.
Prerequisites: BS201, BS202. |
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| BS415 Sales Management (3) |
| Deals with the functions and challenges facing managers in the sales area,
including sales techniques, recruiting, selecting and training sales personnel,
motivation, supervision, evaluation of sales personnel, compensation plans, and
territory management.
Prerequisites: BS201, BS202. |
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| BS423 Human Relations in Management (3) |
| Covers basic concepts and techniques for improving human relations skills,
including communications, job creativity, stress, conflict, politics, and career
management.
Prerequisite: BS201. |
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| BS425 Not-for-Profit Organizations: Theory and Practice (3) |
| Designed as a seminar, this course will explore not only the unique characteristics
of not-for-profit organizations but also the problems which they face in
today’s society. Case analyses, selected readings, and lectures will be utilized
to facilitate both discussion and understanding.
Prerequisite: BS 201 or permission of the instructor. |
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| BS442 Cases in Marketing Management (3) |
| An analysis of the development and implementation of effective marketing
strategies through case studies, demonstrating the application of sound marketing
principles in decision-making, management, and market forecasting.
Prerequisites: BS201, BS202. Open to juniors and seniors only. |
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| BS452 Materials Management (3) |
| Covers production planning, inventory management, capacity planning and forecasting.
Demonstrates how materials management can contribute to reduced inventories, better customer service, and an improved response to market demands.
Prerequisite: BS201. |
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| BS455 International Finance (3) |
| Basic foreign exchange and stabilization procedures are discussed. Other subjects
include methods for short- and long-term overseas corporate investing,
financing exports and imports through appropriate international financial channels,
and the role of the government in international financial markets.
Prerequisite: BS305 or consent of instructor. |
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| BS456 Cases in International Business (3) |
| A case analysis course dealing with various business problems encountered in
an international setting. Case materials cover locational problems, investment
financing, foreign union development, negotiating with foreign governments, servicing
foreign markets, and the legal and tax consideration of foreign operations.
Prerequisite: Open to juniors and seniors only. |
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| BS457 Cases in Public Relations (3) |
| A case analysis course focused on the challenges confronted by organizations.
Cases deal with developing strategies and programs to respond to public relations
problems and opportunities faced by both for-profit and not-for-profit organizations.
Topics include crisis management, strategic planning for public relations,
and management of the public relations function.
Prerequisite: BS357. Open to juniors and seniors only. |
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| BS459/GE252 Business and Society (3) BE |
This course investigates the role of business in the greater global community
using the broad perspectives of the liberal arts college. The primary fields examined
are ethics, economics, international trade and business administration.
At the same time, the discussion of how best to use the earth’s resources greatly
benefits from the insights of such disciplines as psychology, theology, anthropology,
sociology, ecology, biology, chemistry, physics, engineering, political science,
history, languages, literature and law. Contrasting positions concerning
what is right, or what is of the highest value, and how to encourage economic
society to do what is right or reflect what is valued are considered in a class
discussion atmosphere. |
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| BS460 Ethical Application in Business (3) |
| Principles and perspectives of ethical business and organizational decisionmaking
are studied and applied to a variety of decisions. Emphasis is placed
on the identification of ethical choices in the context of the conflicting pressures
on management, both in the public and private sector.
Prerequisite: Junior or Senior status. |
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| BS483 Marketing Strategy (3) |
| This course develops an understanding of the organization’s market niche
through a detailed examination of resource allocation as it affects competitive
advantage. Games, sports and military models are reviewed as are business
school concepts guiding strategic choice. The topic is then considered from an
ethical perspective, using Catholic social teaching as it considers the role and
responsibilities of the institution of business.
Prerequisite: BS202 |
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| BS484 Business Research and Methodology (3) |
| A market-oriented introduction to business research. Subjects covered include
the translation of a management problem to a research problem, implementation issues in business research, including basic statistical procedures, and the
communication of research results to management.
Prerequisites: BS201, BS202, MS151. |
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| BS490 Topical Issues (Variable) |
| Based on both student and faculty interests, the department offers a series of
courses dealing with topical issues. Consult current class schedule for listing. |
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| BS492 Cases in Business Policy (3) |
A case-oriented course focusing on organizational strategy and its implementation.
Prerequisites: BS201, BS202, BS305. Open to juniors and seniors only. |
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| BS 495 Cases in Sustainable Business (3) |
| This course develops the student’s ability to create policy where the relationship
of the business to the natural and human ecology is at issue. Cases involving
business choices which affect the environment are considered and recommendations
for both business policy and governmental policy are then formulated.
Policy outcomes are evaluated in terms of economics, environment and equity.
Prerequisites: BS 201, BS 202, BS 305, BS 325. |
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| BS 496 Human Resource Practicum (3) |
| The course is a demonstration of academic learning via a carefully designed
work experience, jointly developed by the student, faculty and the target organization.
The practicum for the HR concentration requires students to apply specific
HR procedures or techniques acquired in prerequisite courses, with permission
from appropriate management personnel in an organization of their choice.
Prerequisites: BS 201, BS/PG 355, BS 372, BS 410. The following are recommended:
BS 356, BS 360, and BS 413. |
