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Course Schedule

Key Features:

  • 3 years to complete
  • One class taken at a time (except where GE is scheduled)
  • All courses will be 8-weeks in length

BUAD 301: Advanced Business Communication

Advanced course in business communication focusing on case analysis, analytical reports, ethics and business presentations.

ISDS 361A: QBA: Probability and Statistics

Probability concepts; expectations; descriptive statistics; discrete and continuous random variables; sampling; estimation; hypothesis testing; simple and multiple regression; nonparametric statistics.

HESC 342: Stress Management

Nature of stress and physiological and psychological effects of prolonged stress responses. Short- and long-term somatic and behavioral techniques (exercise, relaxation, meditation, nutrition, time management and goal setting) for management of stress.

CPSC 313: The Computer Impact

Effect of computer use on individuals and organizations. Side effects of innovative technology and the resulting changes to organizations, social institutions, and human perceptions of events. Personal responsibility, legal ramifications and educational implications. Hands-on use of e-mail and the World Wide Web.

MGMT 339: Principles of Management and Operations

Integrates selected general management concepts with operations management concepts and techniques. Emphasizes the development of competencies required for effective planning, designing, operating, controlling and improving processes that produce and deliver quality goods and services.

MGMT 340: Organizational Behavior

Social and cultural environments of business. Business ethics. Communication, leadership, motivation, perception, personality development, group dynamics and group growth. Human behavior and organizational design and management practice in American and world wide business.

ACCT 308: Concepts of Federal Income Tax Accounting

Provisions, legislative history and implications of federal taxes.

MKTG 351: Principles of Marketing

Application of current theories and concepts in effectively marketing goods and services to define target customers from a domestic and global perspective. Includes market research, identifying target customers, developing product offers, branding, pricing, marketing communications and distribution channels. Marketing is critically examined from the perspective of the consumer, economy, technology, legal/political issues and ethical/social responsibility.

FIN 320: Business Finance

Financing business enterprises; financial planning and control; analysis of alternative sources and uses of combinations of short-, intermediate- and long-term debt and equity. Cost of capital and capital investment decisions; capital budgeting analysis and valuation; working capital management; corporate financial decisions in an international environment.

ISDS 361B: QBA: Statistics and Management Science

Quantitative methods and their application to business and economic problems. Forecasting, ANOVA, quality control, decision analysis, mathematical modeling, optimization, PERT/CPM, inventory.

ECON 315: Intermediate Business Microeconomics

Business decisions in alternative market structures with special emphasis on problem-solving in a business context using economic concepts and methods. Not open to economics majors. Students may not receive credit for both ECON 310 and 315. One or more sections offered online.

ECON 335: The International Economy

Theory, practice and institutions of the international economy. International trade and investment, balance of payments, foreign exchange rates, multi-national enterprise, international economic policy. Current trade issues: European Community, trade with developing countries, Eastern Europe, and the states of the former Soviet Union; General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) and other major trade agreements.

FIN 332: Theory of Corporate Finance

Risk and return analysis. Introduction to asset pricing models for valuing debt and equity. Analysis of capital budgeting, capital structure and dividend theories, long-term financial planning and firm valuation.

ISDS 442: Business Modeling Using Spreadsheets

Microsoft Excel will be used to implement business models. Excel will be used to effectively organize, analyze and present information. Examples include operations, production, marketing and finance. Macros, goal seek, solver, simulation and data tables.

MGMT 343: Human Resource Management

Human resource management functions in organizations. Topics include selection, recruiting, training, compensation and performance appraisal.

PHIL 312: Business and Professional Ethics

Nature and limits of the moral rights and responsibilities of business and the professions (including law, medicine, science, engineering, journalism, management and teaching).

ANTH 300: Language and Culture

Language as a factor in culture. Trends in the study of language and culture. One or more sections offered online.

MGMT 449: Seminar in Strategic Management

Integrative cases from top management viewpoint. Administrative processes, ethical-legal- economic implications of business decisions, international applications; organization theory and policy formulation. Individual and team efforts.

MKTG 379: Marketing Research Methods

Marketing research process. Problem formulation, identifying data sources, data collection, analysis techniques, preparing research reports and application of these concepts to marketing research projects.

ECON 340: Economic Research Methods

Basics of applied economic research. How to access existing economic knowledge, locate and compile economic data, and analyze economic problems using theory and quantitative methods.

Cohort Sample Schedule
Year Term Course Dates Weeks Course Title Units
Year 1 Fall 2012 Aug 27 to Oct 19 8 BUAD 301: Advanced Business Communication 3
Oct 22 to Dec 21 8 ISDS 361A: QBA: Probability & Statistics 3
Spring 2013 Jan 2 to Feb 22 8 HESC 342: Stress Management GE 3
Jan 2 to Feb 22 8 CPSC 313: The Computer Impact GE 3
Feb 25 to April 19 8 MGMT 339: Principles of Management and Operations 3
Summer 2013 Apr 29 to Jun 21 8 MGMT 340: Organizational Behavior 3
Jun 24 to Aug 16 8 ACCT 308: Concepts of Federal Income Tax Accounting 3
Year 2 Fall 2013 Aug 26 to Oct 18 8 MKTG 351: Principles of Marketing 3
Oct 21 to Dec 20 8 FIN 320: Business Finance 3
Spring 2014 Jan 6 to Feb 28 8 ISDS 361B: QBA: Statistics & Management Science 3
Mar 3 to Apr 25 8 ECON 315: Intermediate Business Microeconomics 3
Summer 2014 Apr 28 to Jun 20 8 ECON 335: The International Economy 3
Jun 23 to Aug 15 8 FIN 332: Theory of Corporate Finance 3
Year 3 Fall 2014 Aug 25 to Oct 17 8 ISDS 442: Business Modeling Using Spreadsheets 3
Oct 20 to Dec 19 8 MGMT 343: Human Resources Management 3
Spring 2015 Jan 5 to Feb 27 8 PHIL 312: Business Ethics GE 3
Jan 5 to Feb 27 8 ANTH 300: Language and Culture GE 3
Mar 2 to Apr 24 8 MGMT 449: Seminar in Strategic Management 3
Summer 2015 May 4 to Jun 26 8 MKTG 379: Marketing Research Methods 3
Jun 29 to Aug 21 8 ECON 340: Economic Research Methods 3
TOTAL 60