Degree Requirements

Emphasis on the information that the language of business provides for decisionmakers. This is accomplished by using a transactions-analysis approach. Individual and team-based problems and cases are used to stress accounting fundamentals as well as the global and ethical issues of accounting decisions.

Covers the role of managerial accounting in corporate management. Emphasis is on the introduction of product and service costing, profit planning, cost analysis, and the cost allocation process. Current financial accounting and control matters are reviewed and evaluated. Individual and team-based problems and cases are used to explore global ethical issues.

Provides an overview of the principles and techniques used in financial management and an introduction to financial markets. Topics include time value of money, measures of risk, models for pricing bonds and stocks, financial analysis, capital structure, cost of capital, capital budgeting, and working capital management. Students are introduced to financial problem-solving using Microsoft Excel.
Prerequisite: Take AC 221

An interdisciplinary study of the management of organizations and decision making, utilizing behavioral and quantitative approaches. Topics include decision-making, motivation and behavior, leadership, group behavior, organizational change, planning, control, and allocation of resources. These topics are addressed against a backdrop of management responses to issues of ethics, social responsibility, and globalization. Lecture and case-study format.

This is a survey course. The objective of this class is to learn to apply legal and ethical principles to managerial-related problems. The course provides a general study of areas of laws pertinent to business, including tort law, contract law, employment law, criminal law, and constitutional law. The student is expected to learn to identify legal issues and consider the ethical implications of his or her solution or decision.

This course serves as the introduction to the operations function of business. All organizations-for profit or not-for-profit, manufacturing, processing, or services-have operations as their central function. Despite their diversity, these organizations share common objectives and problems; in most cases, the same principles can be applied to help manage the operations. Major topics include determining operations strategy and objectives, planning the operations process, controlling operations, and managing its quality. The course introduces concepts to help understand how operations are organized and how operations decisions affect virtually every aspect of the firm.
Prerequisite: Take MGT-101 or BU-201 and MA-133 or MA-131

Explores the formulation and administration of policy, integration of the various specialties of business, and development of an overall management viewpoint.
Prerequisite: Take AC-222 FN-215 MK-201 EC-203 MA-133 or MA-131

Investigates the components of the marketing mix. A managerial approach is employed and case studies supplement each area of exploration. Topics include customer behavior, product policy, channels of distribution, advertising and promotion, price policy, marketing programs, and the legal aspects of marketing.

Explores critical issues facing accounting and financial managers in the current business environment. Topics include introduction to state-of-the-art managerial accounting practices, in-depth understanding of cost management, product and service costing methods, performance evaluation, and managerial compensation systems. Global and ethical issues are examined. Written assignments, case studies, and team discussions compose much of classroom interaction.
Prerequisite: Pre AC-222

Further discusses accounting concepts, principles and practices, placing more emphasis on the theoretical aspects involved. While intended for the Accounting major, this is also a most useful course for other majors in the College of Business.
Prerequisite: Take AC-221

Covers specialized topics in accounting including but not limited to pension accounting, debt and equity financing issues, stockholders' equity, earnings per share, international accounting, and indepth analysis of the statement of cash flows. Emphasis is on the most recent pronouncements of the FASB and the IASB.
Prerequisite: Take AC 331

Advanced Accounting covers financial accounting and reporting topics such as investments, business combinations, consolidated financial statements, foreign currency transactions, translation of foreign currency financial statements, and partnerships. The topics are analyzed from the perspective of ongoing developments in the business environment, domestic and international standard setting, and associated ethical implications.
Prerequisite: AC 332

Studies audit practices used by independent public accountants in examining accounting records and statements. Emphasis is on "generally accepted auditing standards" of evaluation of internal control as well as ethical issues.
Prerequisite: AC-332

Introduces individual income taxation. Topics include formulation of tax statutes, research methodology, tax planning, analysis of taxable income, and ethical considerations.
Prerequisite: AC 332

This course covers the fundamental skills for business analytics: compiling summary statistics, data visualization, descriptive data mining and statistical methods such as hypothesis testing and linear regression. Students gain experience with widely used software tools and learn to report analysis in a presentable format. Topics covered will be useful for further analytical studies in financial analytics, econometrics, marketing analytics, HR analytics, health care analytics and supply chain analytics. Pre-requisite: MA-131/MA-133/MA-331
Prerequisite: Take MA-131or MA-331

An introduction to computing and data processing for non-Computer Science majors. This course is half theory and half hands-on application using Microsoft Office. It includes spreadsheets, databases, and presentation software and provides the knowledge and understanding necessary to communicate effectively in the personal computing environment of business today. For Business Administration majors, non CS majors.

Students are directly involved in various dimensions of accounting. Emphasis is on the practical application of accounting principles and skills to a specific industry or organization. An on-site accounting professional supervises students. Permission of the Department Chair.

This course introduces microeconomic concepts such as supply and demand analysis, theories of the firm and individual behavior, competition and monopoly, welfare analysis, and labor market. Students will also be introduced to the use of microeconomic applications to address problems such as the role of government, environmental policies, insurance markets, and income distribution.

This course introduces macroeconomic concepts and analysis of unemployment and inflation within the context of the business cycle, the determinants of economic growth, the role of interest rates in savings and investment, the interaction of money and the banking system, and corrective monetary and fiscal policies. Students gain an international perspective by assessing the role of international trade and exchange rates in the modern global economy. A prerequisite to EC 301, EC 302, EC 303, EC 316, EC 321, EC 342, EC 373, and EC 399
Prerequisite: Take EC-202 AND MA-106 OR MA-109 OR MA-110 OR MA-151

This course is geared toward liberal arts, science, business, and health science majors." It introduces descriptive statistics, probability distributions (both discrete and normal), confidence intervals, hypothesis testing, and correlation. Real-world applications are offered and computer statistical software may be used.