Business (BUS

Field experience in biology through internship or volunteer opportunity. An acknowledged learning agenda between the supervisor and student is recognized; the student and supervisor will set goals to be met during the internship. Prerequisite: 2.0 GPA; approval of Biology Chair and Dean of the College of Arts & Sciences Credit: 4 hours

This course considers the role of business in society from a Judeo-Christian, capitalistic and free market perspective, educating women and men in service to others. This class is comprised three areas: faith exploring the vocation of a business leader and a philosophical and ethical framework incorporating virtues, fairness, and equity; knowledge studying the functional areas of business, accounting, finance, economics, management, marketing, strategy, and sustainability; and service incorporating an experiential learning project and reflections. Credit: 3 hours

Students in this course will learn important business application skills, based around Microsoft Office-related technologies. Students will take a hands-on approach to learning business application concepts and skills through completing engaging projects. There will be projects throughout the course that will help students master important skills and concepts related to business application integration. The projects progress in difficulty, culminating in a Capstone Project that brings the skills gained in the previous projects together into one combined project. Credit: 3 hours

This course aims to cultivate a robust moral imagination and engage with issues facing our world today. Students will identify sources for personal and communal values, appreciate the ways individuals and multinational corporations decide what is ethical, and engage with current ethical dilemmas in business across the globe. Students will develop abilities to recognize and appreciate the strengths and limitations of different ethical perspectives and their application to real life situations encountered in the business world. Credit: 3 hours

General principles of law applicable to the business setting and how they are integrated into the business environment by way of problem solving and decision making. Course only available to junior and senior business majors. Credit: 3 hours

Development of analysis techniques designed to promote sound decision making. Business applications involving Descriptive Statistics; Probability Theory; Interval Estimation; Hypothesis Testing; Linear Regression and Analysis of Variance are explored with an equal emphasis on understanding manual calculations and interpreting computer solutions using Microsoft Excel. Prerequisite: Math 117 or Math 120 Credit: 3 hours

A medley of quantitative techniques designed to effectively manage manufacturing and service operations. Applications include Simulation; Quality Control; Forecasting; Aggregate Planning; Inventory Models, Queuing Models; Linear Programming; Transportation Problems; Assignment Problems and Integer Linear Programming. Manual calculations and interpretation of computer output are integrated. Prerequisite: Business 308 & Management 302 Credit: 3 hours

Introduction to managing and marketing in a global economy. Emphasis on the impact of political, legal, economic, and cultural variables due to government’s policies; consumer values, attitudes and lifestyles; variations in product and technology life cycle; and resource availability. Prerequisite: Management 302 & Marketing 301 Credit: 3 hours

Special topics relating to management science or other specialized topics in business. May be taken at the junior or senior level and up to three times as topics will vary. Prerequisite: Consent of the Dean of the School of Business Credit: 3 hours

Capstone course for knowledge of the various functional areas of business from a top management viewpoint of company operations. Focus on top management’s role in strategy formulation and long-range planning in a dynamic environment. Capstone course for Accounting, Finance, Management, and Marketing majors. Prerequisite: Accounting 254 & Economics 222 & Finance 318 & Management 302 & Marketing 301 & Senior classification. Credit: 3 hours

This class introduces students to applied research. Students will read and discuss papers published in journals across the business disciplines. Techniques to formulate and test hypotheses will be examined. Primary sources and secondary sources will be investigated. The course emphasis is on each student developing an APA-style research proposal, writing a comprehensive literature review, formulating hypotheses and collecting relevant qualitative or quantitative data. Work will be conducted with guidance from the student’s Honors committee. Prerequisite: Participation in the Honors program or permission from instructor Credit: 2 hours (Fall)

This class is a continuation of Business 490. The emphasis is on each student conducting data analysis and writing the results in a manuscript style appropriate for the academic discipline. Each student will present his or her research at the University’s symposium. Work will be appraised by the student’s Honors committee and the final manuscript submitted to the Honors program director. Prerequisite: Business 490 and participation in the Honors program or permission from instructor Credit: 1 hours (Spring)