Course Offerings

CO = Co-requisite ● POI = Permission of Instructor ● PR = Prerequisite ● RE = Recommended ● XL = Cross-listed

Accounting (ACCT)

ACCT ● Accounting

203 Principles of Financial Accounting (3) This course provides an introduction to accounting as a device for reporting business activities. The underlying principles of accounting for assets, debt, and owners‘ equity are studied in addition to the preparation and interpretation of financial statements.

204 Principles of Managerial Accounting (3) (PR: ACCT 203 or POI ● This course should not be taken by students planning to concentrate in accounting.) This course studies the utilization of accounting information in business management decisions. The topics covered include cost control and reporting, inventory costs and pricing, cost-volume-profit analysis and budgeting.

258 Special Topics (1-6) Special topics courses are those that cover subject matter that is not part of the regular curriculum. A special topics course must have the prior approval of the department and the Provost and may be offered twice. Students may enroll in and receive credit for an unlimited number of special topic courses as long as any prerequisites or other requirements are met.

311 Intermediate Accounting I (3) (PR: ACCT 203) This course provides the introduction to the theory and practice related to the accounting function and its application to for-profit enterprises. Specific emphasis is placed on underlying accounting concepts, the analysis of accounting problems and the application of accounting principles for assets.

312 Intermediate Accounting II (3) (PR: ACCT 311 or POI) This course continues the in-depth study of financial accounting concepts and their application to liabilities, income tax allocation, investments, and revenue recognition.

313 Intermediate Accounting III (3) (PR: ACCT 311) This course continues the in-depth study of financial accounting practice and theory to include accounting changes and error analysis, equity financing, pension liabilities, leases, and analyses of complete financial statements as well as current developments.

328 Cost Accounting (3) (PR: ACCT 203) A study of the application of cost analysis to manufacturing and distribution problems, including analysis of the behavioral characteristics of business costs and a study of principles involved in standard cost systems.

335 Advanced Accounting (3) (PR: ACCT 313 or POI) This course is designed to study the application of accounting theory and principles to specialized accounting areas including partnerships, equity investments and business combinations, and consolidated financial statements. In addition, some aspects of multinational accounting are introduced, including accounting for foreign currency transactions and the translation of foreign currency financial statements. The course includes an integrating project that requires the student to utilize accounting knowledge gained from the major program.

336 Auditing (3) (PR: ACCT 311) This course studies the principles and practice of internal and independent auditing, the criteria for the establishment and testing of internal controls, the testing of account balances, application of statistical sampling, and accounting information systems.

338 Governmental and Not-for-Profit Accounting (3) (PR: ACCT 203) The theory and practice related to the accounting function in governmental entities are covered extensively in this course. The emphasis is placed on state and local governmental entities. In addition, the theory and practice related to the accounting function in not-for-profit entities is also presented. These entities include colleges and universities, hospitals, churches, and voluntary health and welfare organizations.

340 Federal Income Taxation (3) (PR: ACCT 203 or POI) Primary attention is given to the nature and purpose of taxes with specific emphasis on the federal income tax as it applies to individuals and their business activities.

342 Accounting Information Systems (3) (PR: ACCT 311 or POI) This course provides a comprehensive study of accounting system basics. Experiential learning in computer-based accounting is a significant component of the course. In addition, this course introduces current trends in e-commerce, artificial intelligence, and other developments that have a significant effect on the design of accounting systems.

389 Honors Research (3-6) Departmental Honors: Students with a 3.20 GPA in all courses and a 3.40 GPA in all courses in the major field may, with the approval of departmental faculty, undertake an honors research program during the junior and/or senior years. This program must include a senior thesis or project of exceptional quality and an oral defense of the paper or project before departmental members. This defense is to be open to the College community, and honors students will participate in all other defenses within their discipline. Students who successfully complete the departmental honors research program will graduate ―with honors‖ in the major field.

442 Directed Studies (1-9) A directed study requires a minimum GPA of 2.25 with course approval by the Provost. A maximum of nine hours credit may be counted towards graduation. Each directed study will culminate in a research paper or its equivalent. A department may, at its option, allow the hours earned in a directed study to count toward its major.

444 Internships (1-6) Internships require a minimum GPA of 2.00 at the time of application (or higher if specified by the department in which the internship is taken). A maximum of six hours credit may be counted towards graduation. Internships are graded on a pass/fail basis only. A department may, at its option, allow the hours earned in an internship to count toward its major.

446 Readings (1-9) Selected readings are open to students with sophomore, junior, or senior standing. Hours earned in these readings cannot be used to meet requirements for the major. A maximum of nine hours credit may be counted towards graduation.

448 Research (1-9) Research requires a minimum GPA of 2.50 (or higher if specified). A maximum of nine hours credit may be counted towards graduation. A department may, at its option, allow the hours earned in an internship to count toward its major.

450 Seminar (1-9) Seminars are regularly offered by various departments of the College. The requirements for these courses are individually listed.

452 Special Projects (1-9) Special Projects are open to sophomore, junior, or senior students who have a GPA of 2.25 and approval by the Provost. A maximum of nine hours credit may be counted towards graduation.

458 Special Topics (1-6) Special topics courses are those that cover subject matter that is not part of the regular curriculum. A special topics course must have the prior approval of the department and the Provost and may be offered twice. Students may enroll in and receive credit for an unlimited number of special topic courses as long as any prerequisites or other requirements are met.

Business Administration (BADM)

BADM ● Business Administration

299 Computer Applications for Business (2) A study of current information technology and its application to managerial decision-making. Students gain a working knowledge of basic spreadsheet skills, financial and statistical analysis, graphical tools, database management, report generation, and macro creation. This course relies on Excel for Windows to give students hands-on experience with computerized information systems in integrating material from other business courses.

301 Business Law (3) (PR: JR status or POI) Designed to give students a comprehensive knowledge of the principles of law pertaining to routine business transactions. Topics include sources of contracts, sales, the Uniform Commercial Code (UCC), title risk of loss, and product liability.

307 Marketing (3) (PR: SO status) A general survey of marketing: consumer behavior, functions, channels, and institutions. Special emphasis on the integration of marketing fundamentals with decision making through the use of case studies.

308 International Marketing (3) (PR: BADM 307 or POI) This course is designed to give students experience in analyzing the marketing environment and applying marketing concepts in a foreign context to develop understanding of both the theoretical and practical benefits of international business.

309 Consumer Behavior (3) (PR: BADM 307) Concepts, methods, and models used in understanding, explaining, and predicting consumer motivation and behavior. Implications for influencing decisions are highlighted.

314 Enterprise MIS (3) (RE: BADM 299 ● XL: CSC 214) This course is designed to introduce the student to the ways businesses use information technologies to enhance and transform business operations and support business objectives. The key topics include enterprise applications (ERP, CRM, and SCM), web-based systems (E-Commerce, B2B, and intranets), and decision support (data mining and data warehouse). The course is intended to be a survey of the current concepts and practices related to MIS implementations in businesses. As time allows, students will also apply these concepts to hands-on labs.

315 Management and Organizational Behavior (3) An overview of general principles of management with emphasis on planning, organizing, leading, and controlling. Topics include the evolution of management thought through current trends in management practice. Behavioral concepts are applied in motivation, leadership, group dynamics, and communication.

316 Business Ethics (3) (XL: PHIL 316) A study of ethical issues in business with the aim of strengthening our moral discernment and practical judgment. We will focus on classic and contemporary cases in the ethics of business.

322 Industrial/Organizational Psychology (3) (PR: ECON 201 or PSYC 201 ● XL: PSYC 322) The application of psychology to workplace settings, including not only business and industry, but also non-profit organizations such as hospitals, government, and social agencies. Topics include employment recruitment and selection, organizational communication, motivation of workers, and performance evaluation. Topics are of special relevance to students who at some point in their careers expect to be in managerial or administrative positions within an organization, be it a business or non-profit organization.

323 Sports Marketing (3) (PR: BADM 307) Exploration of the essentials of effective sports marketing. Topics include application of marketing principles in the sports area, licensing issues, sponsorships and endorsements, stadium and arena marketing, broadcasting and media considerations, public policy and sports, and unique marketing challenges for sport specific products (football, basketball, baseball, motorsports, etc.).

325 Managerial Communication (3) (PR: C or better in English 110 or 111) A case-based class in which students analyze business problems and propose persuasive solutions. Students share leadership in a seminar-style class as they strengthen writing and speaking skills through peer-evaluated memos, letters, and reports. The course requires weekly writing assignments.

332 Managerial Finance (3) (PR: ACCT 203) Designed to allow the student to apply basic concepts of finance to the solution of business problems, especially as they pertain to financial decision making; analysis of the financial condition of business firms as a means of recognizing current and long-term financial needs; selection of the most feasible actions necessary to secure best possible financing and most profitable allocation of resources.

333 Database Processing and Design (3) (PR: BADM 299 or CSC 201, or POI ● XL: CSC 333) Introduction to database concepts including data modeling, normalization, database design and implementation, data administration, and, as time allows, data warehouses and data mining. The course will include hands-on experience using commercially available database software beyond simple desktop databases.

334 Human Resource Management (3) Analysis of current issues and practices in human resource management. The course studies the staffing, training, development , motivation, and maintenance of employees. Cases and experiential exercises are used to involve students in resolving realistic human resources problems.

343 Health Care Management (3) This course will focus on the health care environment in the U.S. with an emphasis on managing the operations of health care facilities. The range of topics will include: historical perspective; patient safety;

Economics (ECON)

ECON ● Economics

201 Principles of Macroeconomics (3) The study of basic concepts, national income determination, and the effects of monetary and fiscal policies.

202 Principles of Microeconomics (3) The study of microeconomic concepts, price theory, individual and firm choice, market structures, and the distribution of income.

300 Capitalism: Its Foundations and Functions (3) This course will provide students with a thorough understanding of a market capitalist economy by exploring its moral foundations and functions. Students will read analyze, and discuss Ayn Rand‘s Atlas Shrugged as well as selected articles.

304 Money and Banking (3) (PR: ECON 201 and 202) A study of the nature and functions of money, the commercial banks, the Federal Reserve System, and monetary techniques and policies. Also considered are other types of banking and certain foreign monetary systems as well as everyday problems of credit, credit instruments, and foreign exchange.

306 Environmental Economics (3) (PR: ECON 202) This course is a study of the application of economic concepts to private and public sector decision-making concerning natural and environmental resources. Topics include benefit-cost analysis, intergenerational equity, externalities, public goods, property rights, valuation of environmental goods, and policy implications.

310 Intermediate Microeconomic Theory (3) (PR: ECON 201 and 202) An advanced treatment of microeconomics analysis.

317 Investment Analysis (3) (PR: ACCT 203; JR status or POI) Designed to develop in general an understanding of the investment process and in particular the criteria for investment decision. Equity and bond markets are analyzed. Students study problems typical of those faced by security analysts and investors.

318 International Trade (3) (PR: ECON 201 and 202) A study of the significance of international trade, its mechanism and its regulation by tariffs, quotas, and governmental monopolies. The international economic position of the United States is discussed and evaluated.

326 Comparative Economic Systems (3) (PR: ECON 201 and 202) A comparative analytical and historical study of the principal economic systems important in the modern world. Emphasis is placed on the basic principals of capitalism and socialism; the variants of capitalism practiced in the United States, Western Europe, and Asia; and the transformation process undertaken in Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union.

327 Economics of Property Rights (3) (PR: ECON 201 and 202) A study of property rights from philosophical, historical, and public policy points of view. The course will give special attention to the implications of property rights for economic and other freedoms and for prosperity, making use of contemporary examples and applications.

330 Intermediate Macroeconomic Theory (3) (PR: ECON 201 and 202) An advanced treatment of macroeconomic analysis.

341 International Political Economy (3) (XL: PLSC 341) This course examines the evolvement of the international trading system, international monetary and financial system, multinational corporations, international development, and the impact of globalization, with an emphasis on the interaction of political and economic factors.

398 Honors Research (3-6) Departmental Honors: Students with a 3.20 GPA in all courses and a 3.40 GPA in all courses in the major field may, with the approval of departmental faculty, undertake an honors research program during the junior and/or senior years. This program must include a senior thesis or project of exceptional quality and an oral defense of the paper or project before departmental members. This defense is to be open to the College community, and honors students will participate in all other defenses within their discipline. Students who successfully complete the departmental honors research program will graduate ―with honors‖ in the major field.

440 Research in Economics, Senior Capstone (2) The economic major capstone will provide a culminating experience for majors. The course will have three main objectives: to challenge students to understand and interpret contemporary economic events in the light of the theories they have learned in the prior courses, to critique current reading in economic literature, and to conduct a research project under faculty supervision. See page 22.

450 Seminar (1-9) Seminars are regularly offered by various departments of the College. The requirements for these courses are individually listed.

Statistics (STAT)

STAT ● Statistics

319 Introductory Statistics (4) (3 hrs lecture, 3 hrs lab weekly) A course dealing with basic statistical concepts and methods: organization and presentation of data, probability, probability distribution, sampling distributions, simple regression and correlation, confidence intervals, and hypothesis testing.

320 Research Statistics (4) (3 hrs lecture, 3 hrs lab weekly) A basic course in statistics with special attention to applications in behavioral, biological, and social science research. Includes organization and presentation of data, measures of central tendency and variability, sampling, regression and correlation, and hypothesis testing to include analysis of variance.

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