Business (BUS)
College of Business Administration
BUS 300 Business Issues (3) Designed to
familiarize non-business students with basic business concepts and
skills. Topics include business organization, management, marketing,
accounting, and finance. Pre: sophomore standing and non-business major.
BUS 305 Introduction to Marketing (3) Introduction
to the field of marketing designed for non-business students. Emphasis
given to explaining marketing from the social, consumer, and managerial
point of view. Pre: sophomore standing and non-business major.
BUS 310 Statistical Analysis for Business Decisions
(3) Problem recognition and formulation; stress on
cross-disciplinary complex problem solving and communication; computer
intensive. Coverage of descriptive statistics, probability and
hypothesis testing with emphasis on quality, productivity, and
regression analysis. Must be taken in first semester of BBA program.
Pre: MATH 205 or equivalent.
BUS 311 Information Systems for Global Business
Environment (3) Skills and strategies for
using external information resources applied to local and global
business issues; advanced skills in computer-based analytical techniques
and information management; impact of information technology on business
operations. Must be taken in first semester of BBA program. Pre: ICS 101
or equivalent, or consent.
BUS 312 Principles of Marketing (3) Concepts,
problems, and opportunities in marketing within its competitive,
political-legal, economic, social and global environments. Social
responsibility and ethics. Marketing research. Consumer and
business-to-business segmentation and positioning. Strategic marketing
planning. Students may not earn credit for BUS 312 and TIM 364.
BUS 313 Economic and Financial Environment of
Global Business (3) International trade, financial flows, and direct
investment. Public and private institutions including government
policies and capital markets. Emphasis on Asia Pacific issues, with
attention to the cultural differences among countries. Must be taken in
first year of BBA program.
BUS 314 Business Finance (3) Introduction to
the theory and practice of financial management: analysis and decision
making for asset management, capital budgeting, capital structure, and
dividend policy. Prerequisite for all other finance courses. Pre: ACC
202 or consent.
BUS 315 Global Management and Organizational
Behavior (3) Analysis of theories and concepts underlying domestic
and global organizational management, including behavioral and personnel
issues. Emphasis on leadership, team-work, cultural differences in the
Asia Pacific region. Prerequisite to all other advanced management
courses. Students may not receive credit for BUS 315 and TIM 363. Pre:
PSY 100 or SOC 100.
BUS 316 Quantitative Business and Economic Analysis
(3) Problem-focused, computer-intensive applications of analytical
tools to assist managerial decision making. Optimization,
linear-programming, decision analysis, and forecasting. Applications to
market and industry analysis in a local and Asia Pacific environment.
Must be taken in second semester of BBA program. Pre: 310 or consent.
BUS 345 Strategic Management (3) Applications
of strategy to domestic and global business problems using an
interdisciplinary approach. Emphasis on Asia Pacific business,
assessment of risk, integration of all business core disciplines.
Extensive writing expected. Pre: all core courses and graduating senior
standing.
BUS 367 Business Study Abroad (3) Study abroad
experience emphasizing international business issues. Course content
varies depending on where the course is taught and by which professor.
Course qualifies as an international business elective.
BUS 395 (Alpha) Internship (3) On-the-job
experience in the business community. Term paper and meetings with
faculty adviser required. (C) accounting; (D) MIS; (F) finance; (G)
management; (I) international business; (K) marketing; (M) human
resource management; (R) real estate. CR/NC only. Pre: consent and RE
300 for (R) only.
BUS 500 Master’s Plan B/C Studies (1) Enrollment
required for degree completion. Pre: master’s Plan B or C candidate
and consent.
BUS 610 (Alpha) Analytical Tools for the MBA (2) Integrative
course providing foundation skills in business. (B) accounting tools for
the MBA; (C) statistical tools for the MBA; (D) economic tools for the
MBA. 610B, 610C, and 610D must be taken concurrently. A-F only.
BUS 613 (Alpha) Organization and External
Environments of Asia-Pacific Business (3) Integrative course
covering, from an Asia-Pacific cross-cultural perspective, the
organizational behavior in business settings along with the external and
technological business environment. (B) organizational behavior; (C)
external environment of Asia Pacific business. 613B and 613C must be
taken concurrently. A-F only. Pre: 610B, 610C, and 610D (or concurrent).
BUS 614 (Alpha) Managerial Finance and Accounting
(3) Integrative course covering managerial accounting tools and
finance. (B) managerial accounting; (C) managerial finance. 614B and
614C must be taken concurrently. A- F only. Pre: 610B, 610C, and 610D
(or concurrent).
BUS 615 Marketing, Information Strategies, and
Global Business (3) Integrative course covering evaluation and
development of marketing strategies in the context of dynamic markets,
use of information systems as a strategic business tool, global business
issues with an emphasis on Asia Pacific. Pre: 614 (or concurrent).
BUS 660 Business Policy and Strategy (3) Integration
of learning through analysis of comprehensive business problems,
resolution of policy issues, and the study of competitive strategies in
the international setting. Pre: all required MBA courses.
BUS 677 Field Study in Asia (6) Industry
observations conducted entirely in Asian countries for three and a half
weeks. Pre: consent.
BUS 695 Internship (3) On-the-job experience in
the business community. Project paper and meetings with faculty adviser
required. Pre: consent.
BUS 696 (Alpha) Field Studies in the Enterprise (3)
Comprehensive study of (B) audit of existing organizations. Problems
and solutions, or feasibility, of personally experienced organizations,
as opposed to text case studies. Pre: 660.
BUS 696C Entrepreneurship (3)
BUS 699 Directed Reading and Research (3) Outline
(including methodology or sources, results expected, and means of
measurement) must be prepared by student and approved by supervisor and
chair of graduate programs before registration.
BUS 700 Thesis Research (V) Required for Plan A
candidates only; 6 credit hours required, 1 of which must be taken
during semester in which degree is awarded.
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