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 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 MS Excel and other software tools and learn to report analysis in a presentable format. Topics covered will be useful for further analytical studies such as Financial Analytics, Econometrics, Marketing Analytics, HR Analytics, Health care analytics and Supply Chain Analytics.
Prerequisite: Take BUAN-210

This course is a primer on Python programming language for students with little or no prior programming knowledge. In this course, students will start from the fundamentals of Python programming, including developing environment, language syntax, variable types, data structures, functions and control flow. Along the way, students will work with dedicated libraries for data science, such as Pandas, NumPy, SciPy, MatPlotLib, that allow students to develop analytics on data to solve challenging business problems. This course places emphasis on hands-on learning experiences that allow students to experiment with trial and error, and learn from their mistakes.

This is an introductory course on Database concepts and Structured Query Language (SQL) with a focus on business applications. This course provides a step-by-step overview and instructions on a variety of topics, including database and database management system (DBMS), data types, table structure and relationships, field definitions and naming conventions, data access queries using SQL, data definition language (DDL) and data manipulation language (DML) commands; table creation using SQL statements, database security and evolution of data models. No prior database or programming experience is required.

Visualizations are graphical depictions of data that can improve comprehension, communication, and decision making. This course is an introduction to the principles and techniques that increase the understanding of complex data and models. Emphasis is placed on the identification of patterns, trends and difference from data sets across categories, space, and time. Tools used will be Tableau and Python.

This one credit course provides students with the advanced Excel knowledge required in some finance and business positions and prepares students to sit for the Microsoft Expert Excel 77-728 Exam. Key topics include managing workbook options and settings; applying custom data formats and layouts; advanced formulas; and advanced charts and tables including pivot tables and charts. Business analysis using Excel is integrated throughout.
Prerequisite: take BUAN-210

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 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.
Prerequisite: Take BU-296

Python is a very powerful programming language that is widely used in the financial industry. This course will equip students with the programming knowledge and skills in Python to solve practical problems in quantitative finance. Specifically, students will learn how to conduct time-series and cross-sectional analyses with real-world financial data, apply and implement financial models in Python, formulate and code up simple algorithmic trading strategies, and eventually evaluate that strategy's performance and test its robustness. This course includes multiple hands-on coding exercises and projects with a focus on financial applications. Some familiarity with basic statistical and programming (in any language) concepts is necessary. Pre-requisite: BUAN 301
Prerequisite: Take BUAN-301 or CS-111

This course provides a holistic perspective on the structure of the cyberspace ecosystem and methods and techniques in building a functional cyberspace that is secure and sustainable. Topics include cybersecurity first principles covering confidentiality, integrity and availability, cybersecurity ethics, forensics, authentication and access control, and security management.

The Fintech course is focused on Decentralized Finance, Blockchain, Cryptocurrency and digital payment systems. You will learn about the challenges inherent in fintech, the opportunities it presents, and the regulations that govern it.
Prerequisite: Take FN-215

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

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 and risk to a range of financial management decisions including financial analysis; financial forecasting, valuation, capital budgeting, the determination of the costs of capital, and optimal capital structure. The course uses case studies and emphasizes the design of financial models in Excel to analyze problems in corporate finance. Certification in the Microsoft Excel 77-727 Exam and use of S&P Capital IQ for industry research and financial analysis is required to successfully complete the course.
Prerequisite: Take FN-215

This one-semester course is designed to improve algebraic skills to prepare students for success in Precalculus. Topics include functions, equations, and inequalities in one variable; linear, quadratic, polynomial, and rational functions; systems of linear equations in two variables; and simplifying expressions. Algebraic techniques and foundational algebraic skills are stressed.

Designed specifically for the Business major. Focus is on linear functions, systems of equations, matrices, probability, and linear programming. Business applications will be an important part of this course. This course is a prerequisite to MA 110.

Designed specifically for the Business major. Includes study of limits; differentiation of algebraic, exponential, and logarithmic functions; integration; and applications of calculus.
Prerequisite: Minimum grade of C in MA-106 or MA-109 or placement by Dpt

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.