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.

This course covers a range of skills from the field of analytics. Students will be expected to collect, clean, analyze and communicate data leading to data driven decision-making. All students are required to sit for Microsoft Excel certification and an industry certificates in data fundamentals.

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.

This course provides a comprehensive review of the global financial markets, instruments, and institutions. This course is designed to expand students' awareness and understanding of the conceptual background for financial decision-making related to corporate finance, banking, and international finance.
Prerequisite: Take EC-203 and FN-215

Introduces students to the various types of investment products and markets both in the United States and globally. Topics include valuation techniques and risk measurements for common stocks, mutual funds, and bonds; use of options; socially responsible investing; and expected returns for each type of investment.
Prerequisite: Take FN-215

Corporate Finance expands upon the principles and techniques of financial management to apply the concepts of the maximization of firm value, the time value of money, marginal cash flow analysis; financial forecasting, valuation capital budgeting, the determination of the costs of capital, and optimal capital structure.
Prerequisite: Take FN-215 and BUAN-210

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.
Prerequisite: Take EC-202

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.

This is a comprehensive seminar-style course which incorporates elements of professional and leadership development, and life skills that are needed to foster optimal professional and personal growth. The course helps WCOB students organize their academic and internship experiences as well as their trajectory into their careers trough self-assessments, presentations by guest speakers, lectures and workshops. The course also introduces students to the fundamentals of planning and organizing their job search strategies. Emphasis is placed on identification of individual goals, assessment of skillsets, exploration of career options, analysis of the job market, and effective use of employment search tools (resumes, cover letters, interviewing skills, networking and management of career pathways)

ATTENTION: To register for your internship credits, you must get them approved BEFORE your internship start date. Here is the link that all students can use to login to Handshake to request an internship be approved for credits. sacredheart.joinhandshake.com Students will need to log in, click Career Center, then Experiences. Click on "create new experience" and select this course number from the first dropdown list and then answer all of the questions in the form. The internship is focused on developing job search, interviewing, and career assessment skills while providing practical experience. Students work with a faculty advisor and the career development office to write a resume, search for and obtain an internship, and work at a site for a minimum of 120 hours. The internship introduces students to the opportunities and rigors of the business environment. Upon completion, students work with the supervisor and faculty advisor to reassess skills and career development plans.