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DEPARTMENT OF FINANCE,ACCOUNTING AND MANAGEMENT

Department of Finance, Accounting and Management Chairperson: Dr. Ruth Hughes

FacultyProfessors: Rexer, TaylorAssociate Professors: Chisarick, Frear, Hughes, Matus, WangAssistant Professors:Bui, Kim, MuszynskiFaculty of Practice: Ghai, Pyke

Faculty Emeriti: Raspen, Liuzzo

Director of Graduate Programs: Dr. Marianne RexerDirector of Personal & Professional Development Programming: Bridget Turel

• Accounting• Accelerated Bachelor of Business Administration• Financial Investments• Corporate Finance• Management• Supply Chain Management• Business Analytics Minor

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ACCOUNTINGAccounting MajorCoordinator: Prof. Cynthia Chisarick

Total minimum number of credits required for a major in Accounting leadingto the B.S. degree — 122.Total minimum number of credits required for a minor in Accounting — 18.

The Jay S. Sidhu School of Business and Leadership offers a majorin Accounting, providing the necessary background for an entry-levelprofessional position in public, private, or governmental accounting.Students receive the necessary educational background to competesuccessfully for placement in graduate and professional schools andfor licensure as certified public accountants and certified managementaccountants. Those choosing a career in administration receive themanagerial training necessary for success in a full range of leadership roles.

The Accounting curriculum comprises seven tiers. The first tier begins with acomprehensive study of the arts, sciences, mathematics, communications,and humanities. This liberal arts core is a common experience to all majorsand provides the basis for a broadly educated individual. To becomecompetitive, effective organizational leaders and self-fulfilled individuals,Accounting graduates are expected to possess the skills and knowledgeacquired through this liberating exposure to the arts, sciences, mathematics,and the humanities.

The second tier of the curriculum is the Sidhu School Foundation courses,which transmit a common educational experience to all Majors within theSidhu School by addressing topics that are recognized to be basic andnecessary to all practicing professionals.

The third tier of educational experience provides a general background instatistical, financial, and managerial techniques.

The fourth tier of basic educational skills relates to the field of financialand managerial accounting. A rigorous thirty-six credit hours are devotedto current accounting theory and applications through the use of texts,computer applications, cases, and practical experience. The sequencebegins with introductory level accounting and progresses throughintermediate, tax, cost, auditing, and accounting information systems.

A fifth tier utilizes an accounting internship to bond classroom knowledgewith practical experience. Most students are placed with public accountingfirms where it is possible to experience many areas of accounting as wellas a broad range of business problems in a short time span. Additionally,for students with a more specialized interest, accounting internships arealso available in banks, in private industry, and with the government. TheWilkes internship program is the oldest in Northeast Pennsylvania, and mostsuccessful interns have been placed in positions of their choice, includingthe large international accounting firms.

The sixth tier requires completion of at least 4 credits geared toward theundergraduate student's Personal & Professional Development. Thesecourses are intended to prepare students to recognize and use theirunique strengths and skills while allowing them to reflect and prepare for ameaningful life and career.

A seventh tier, a five-and-a-half-year BS/M.B.A. program, is availablefor students who wish to meet the needs of a professional in the 21stcentury. This program offered by The Jay S. Sidhu School of Businessand Leadership has been developed to encompass each of the above-mentioned levels, along with an additional year and a half of graduatecourse work. Upon successful completion, the student will have earned a

Bachelor of Science (B.S.) degree in Accounting and a Master of BusinessAdministration (M.B.A.) degree with 161 credit hours of course work.

Students in Sidhu School majors and minors must complete all requiredACC courses at Wilkes University, except ACC 161 and ACC 162 whichmay be transferred from accredited institutions if they are determined to bethe academic equivalent of the course offered at Wilkes University. Anyother course that a student seeks to transfer as an ACC course would onlybe eligible to transfer as ACC 198, ACC 298 or ACC 398, depending on therigor of the course.

Accounting alumni can be found in public accounting firms ranging in sizefrom those of individual practitioners to international organizations. Manyof our graduates who began their careers in public accounting have sincemoved into leadership positions with government or private industry.

The Accounting major in The Jay S. Sidhu School of Business andLeadership at Wilkes University will provide an individual with the combinededucational skills to be a future success as a leader in the accountingprofession, industry, or government.

The Accounting major requires an additional 30 credits, including:

Requirements for the Accounting Major(30 credits total) Credits[[ACC-201]] – IntermediateAccounting I

3

[[ACC-202]] – IntermediateAccounting II

3

[[ACC-301]] – Advanced FinancialAccounting

3

[[ACC-311]] – Advanced ManagerialAccounting

3

[[ACC-321]] – Taxes 3[[ACC-322]] – Advanced Taxes 3[[ACC-331]] – Auditing 3[[ACC-341]] – AccountingInformation Systems

3

[[BA-336]] – Advanced Topics inBusiness Law

3

[[MGT-352]] – Productions &Operations Management

3

Accounting Major- Required Coursesand Recommended Course SequenceFirst Semester Credits[[ACC-151]] IntegratedManagement Experience I

3

[[CS-115]] Computers andApplications

3

[[ENG-101]] Composition 4[[FYF-101]] First-Year Foundations 3[[EC-101]] Principles of Economics 3[[PPD-101]] Personal andProfessional Development I

1

17


Accounting

Second Semester[[ACC-152]] IntegratedManagementExperience II

3

[[COM-101]] Fundamentalsof Public Speaking

3

[[MTH-101]] SolvingProblems Using Math

3

[[EC-102]] Principles ofEconomics II

3

[[ENG-120]] ReadingClassical Traditions

3

15

Third Semester[[ACC-161]] Financial Accounting &Decision Making

3

MGT 251 Management ofOrganizations & People

3

[[HST-101]] Historical Foundationsof the Modern World

3

Arts Distribution Requirement (AreaIV)

3

Science Distribution Requirement(Area II)

3

[[PPD-201]] Personal andProfessional Development III

1

16

Fourth Semester[[ACC-162]] Managerial Accounting& Decision Making

3

MKT 221 Marketing 3[[FIN-240]] Introduction to Finance 3Social Science Distribution AreaRequirement (Area III)

3

Free Elective (Science DistributionRequirement)

3

15

Fifth Semester[[ACC-201]] IntermediateAccounting I

3

[[ACC-321]] Taxes 3[[BA-335]] Law and Business 3[[BA-319]] Business Statistics 3Humanities DistributionRequirement (Area I)

3

[[PPD-301]] Personal andProfessional Development V

1

16

Sixth Semester[[ACC-202]] IntermediateAccounting II

3

[[ACC-322]] Advanced Taxes 3[[BA-336]] Adv. Topics in BusinessLaw

3

[[MGT-352]] Production andOperations Management

3

[[MGT-354]] OrganizationalBehavior

3

15

Seventh Semester[[ACC-301]] Advanced FinancialAccounting

3

[[ACC-331]] Auditing 3Free Elective 3[[MGT-358]] International Business 3[[BA-461]] Business Strategy andDecision Making

3

[[PPD-401]] Personal andProfessional Development VII

1

16

Eighth Semester[[ACC-311]] Advanced ManagerialAccounting

3

[[ACC-341]] Accounting InformationSystems

3

[[ACC-462]] Accounting Internship 3Free Elective 3 12

*[[ACC-462]] may be taken for 6 credits in place of the FreeElective in semester 8.

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ACCOUNTING MINORAccounting MinorCoordinator: Prof. Cynthia Chisarick

Total number of credits required for a minor in Accounting - 18

For majors in other disciplines, The Jay S. Sidhu School of Business andLeadership offers an 18-credit minor in Accounting. Courses required tocomplete the Accounting Minor are:

Requirements for the Accounting Minor Credits

[[ACC-161]] – Financial Accountingand Decision Making

3

[[ACC-162]] – ManagerialAccounting and Decision Making

3

[[ACC-201]] – IntermediateAccounting I

3

[[ACC-202]] – IntermediateAccounting II

3

plus 6 credits of ACC courses 6

Students in Sidhu School majors and minors must complete all requiredACC courses at Wilkes University, except ACC 161 and ACC 162 whichmay be transferred from accredited institutions if they are determined tobe the academic equivalent of the course offered at Wilkes University. Anyother course that a student seeks to transfer as an ACC course would onlybe eligible to transfer as ACC 198, ACC 298 or ACC 398, depending on therigor of the course.Accounting................................................................................................... 21


BUSINESS ADMINISTRATIONAccelerated BBA ProgramDirector: Dr. Marianne Rexer

The Sidhu School offers a Bachelors of Business Administration degreethrough an accelerated degree completion option for adult learners.Applicants are required either: 1) to have five or more years of professional,military, and/or equivalent experience; or 2) to have earned 24 or morecredits from an accredited institution of higher education.

In order to fulfill the requirements for graduation, students are responsiblefor satisfying all Wilkes bachelor’s degree requirements, including generaleducation requirements and the Accelerated Bachelor of BusinessAdministration (ABBA) curriculum. A total of 66 credit hours, covering thegeneral education requirements for a Wilkes undergraduate degree and freeelectives, must be earned outside the courses specifically included in theAccelerated BBA.

The program provides preparation equivalent to the traditionalundergraduate Bachelor of Business Administration degree. It consists of58 credits earned through twenty courses and ABBA classes are typicallyoffered in a 7 week format.

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BUSINESS ADMINISTRATIONMINORBusiness AdministrationMinorCooordinator: Dr. Ruth Hughes

Total number of credits required for a minor in Business Administration – 18

The Jay S. Sidhu School of Business and Leadership offers a 18-creditminor in Business Administration to students not majoring in one of theBusiness majors offered by the Sidhu School . NOTE: This minor is notavailable for current business majors.

The following 18 credits are requiredof all students taking the BusinessAdministration minor:[[ACC-161]] Financial Accountingand Decision Making

3

[[BA-153]] ManagementFoundations

3

[[BA-335]] Law & Business 3[[FIN-240]] Introduction to Finance 3[[MGT-251]] Management ofOrganizations and People

3

[[MKT-221]] Marketing 3

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BUSINESS ANALYTICS MINORRequirementsBusiness Analytics MinorCoordinator: Dr. Ruth Hughes

Total number of credits required for a minor in Business Analytics – 16

With a minor in Business Analytics, students will achieve the followingcollective outcomes: demonstrate knowledge of statistical data analysistechniques utilized in business decision-making; demonstrate use ofteamwork, leadership skills, decision-making and organization theory;integrate information technologies with data science methods to extractvalue from data sets; apply quantitative modeling and data analysistechniques to the solution of real world business problems, communicatefindings, and effectively present results using data visualization techniques;and think critically about the business implications, meaningfulness andapplicability of observed data patterns and analytical inferences.

The Jay S. Sidhu School of Business and Leadership offers a 16-creditminor in Business Analytics.

The following 7 credits are required of all students takingthe Business Analytics minor:

[[BA-119]] Data Analysis in Excel 1[[BA-391]] Business Statistics 3either [[ACC-341]] or [[MGT-257]] 3

Plus 9 credits from the following elective course list:

[[ACC-219]] Financial StatementAnalysis

3

[[BA-419]] Quantitative DecisionMaking

3

[[FIN-219]] Financial Analysis 3[[FIN-319]] Financial Derivatives 3[[MGT-357]] BusinessTransformations in the DigitalEconomy

3

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CORPORATE FINANCECorporate Finance MajorCoordinator: Dr. Dean Frear

Total minimum number of credits required for a Major in Corporate Financeleading to the Bachelor of Science degree — 123.There is no minor in Corporate Finance.

The Corporate Finance Major at Wilkes is constructed upon the SidhuSchool's common foundation courses and the General Educationrequirements of the University. Corporate Finance Majors begin their studieswith FIN 240. Subsequent courses cover other topics such as financialanalysis, long-term strategic financial planning, risk management andinsurance, and money and banking.

Students in Sidhu School majors and minors must complete all requiredACC courses at Wilkes University, except ACC 161 and ACC 162 whichmay be transferred from accredited institutions if they are determined tobe the academic equivalent of the course offered at Wilkes University. Anyother course that a student seeks to transfer as an ACC course would onlybe eligible to transfer as ACC 198, ACC 298 or ACC 398 depending on therigor of the course.

Common career paths for graduates in this major are in the fields offinancial management, financial analysis, financial examiners, as well asthose that function in either accounting or finance in corporations. For thoseconsidering an academic career, the major may lead to an MBA and/ordoctoral program

Requirements (27 creditstotal)Each student with a major in FinancialInvestments must complete thefollowing 27 credits:[[FIN-219]] Financial Analysis 3[[FIN-230]] Money and Banking 3[[FIN-341]] Managerial Finance 3[[FIN-342]] Property and LifeInsurance

3

[[FIN-345]] Long Range FinancialPlanning

3

[[ACC-201]] IntermediateAccounting I

3

[[ACC-202]] IntermediateAccounting II

3

[[ACC-321]] Taxes 3[[ACC-322]] Advanced Taxes 3

Corporate Finance Major- RequiredCourses and Recommended CourseSequenceFirst Semester Credits[[BA-151]] Integrated ManagementExperience I

3


3

[[ENG-101]] Composition 4[[FYF-101]] First-Year Foundations 3[[HST-101]] Introduction of theModern World

3

[[PPD-101]] Personal andProfessional Development I

1

17

Second Semester[[BA-152]] IntegratedManagementExperience II

3


3

[[MTH-100]] Pre-Calculus

3

[[BA-119]] DataAnalysis in Excel

3


3

15


3

[[MGT-251]] Management ofOrganizations & People

3

[[FIN-240]] Introduction to Finance 3[[EC-101]] Principles of Economics 3[[MTH-111]] Calculus I 3[[PPD-201]] Personal andProfessional Development III

1

16


3

[[EC-102]] Principles of EconomicsII

3

[[FIN-230]] Money and Banking 3[[MKT-221]] Marketing 3[[FIN-341]] Managerial Finance 3 15

Fifth Semester[[ACC-201]] IntermediateAccounting I

3


3

[[BA-335]] Law and Business 3[[BA-319]] Business Statistics 3


Corporate Finance

[[FIN-219]] Financial Analysis 3[[PPD-301]] Personal andProfessional Development V

1

16

Sixth Semester[[BA-336]] Advanced Topics inBusiness Law

3

[[FIN-342]] Property and LifeInsurance

3

[[ACC-202]] IntermediateAccounting II

3


3

Humanities DistributionRequirement (Area I)

3

Free Elective 3 18

Seventh Semester[[MGT-358]] International Business 3[[ACC-321]] Taxes 3[[FIN-345]] Long Range FinancialPlanning

3

Social Science DistributionRequirement (Area III)

3


1

13

Eighth Semester[[BA-461]] Business Strategy andDecision Making

3

[[FIN-462]] Professional BusinessExperience

3

[[ACC-322]] Advanced Taxes 3[[ACC-341]] Accounting InformationSystems

3

Arts Distribution Requirement (AreaIV)

3

12

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FINANCIAL INVESTMENTSFinancial Investments MajorCoordinator: Dr. Dean Frear

Total minimum number of credits required for a Major in FinancialInvestments leading to the Bachelor of Science degree — 123.

The Financial Investments Major at Wilkes is constructed upon theSidhu School's common foundation courses and the General Educationrequirements of the University. Financial Investment Majors begin theirstudies with [[FIN-240]]. Subsequent courses cover other topics suchas investment management, long-term strategic financial planning, riskmanagement and insurance, money and banking and personal finance

Common career paths for graduates in this major are in the fields offinancial management, financial analysis, securities, commodities, financialservices sales agents and personal financial advisors. For those consideringan academic career, the major may lead to an MBA and/or doctoralprogram.

Requirements for the Financial Investments Major (27 credits total) Credits

Requirements (27 credits)[[FIN-201]] Personal Finance 3[[FIN-219]] Financial Analysis 3[[FIN-230]] Money and Banking 3[[FIN-319]] Financial Deriviatives 3[[FIN-341]] Managerial Finance 3[[FIN-342]] Property and LifeInsurance

3

[[FIN-343]] Investments andPortfolio Management

3

[[FIN-345]] Long-Range FinancialPlanning

3

[[FIN-358]] – International Finance 3

Financial Investments Major- RequiredCourses and Recommended CourseSequenceFirst Semester Credits[[BA-151]] Integrated ManagementExperience I

3


3

[[ENG-101]] Composition 4[[FYF-101]] First-Year Foundations 3[[HST-101]] Introduction of theModern World

3

[[PPD-101]] Personal andProfessional Development I

1

17


3


3

[[MTH-100]] Pre-Calculus

3


3


3

15


3

[[MGT-251]] Management ofOrganizations & People

3

[[FIN-240]] Introduction to Finance 3[[EC-101]] Principles of Economics 3[[MTH-111]] Calculus I 3[[PPD-201]] Personal andProfessional Development III

1

16


3

[[EC-102]] Principles of EconomicsII

3

[[FIN-230]] Money and Banking 3[[MKT-221]] Marketing 3[[FIN-341]] Managerial Finance 3 15

Fifth Semester[[FIN-343]] Investments andPortfolio Management

3


3

[[BA-335]] Law and Business 3[[BA-319]] Business Statistics 3[[FIN-219]] Financial Analysis 3[[PPD-301]] Personal andProfessional Development V

1

16

Sixth Semester[[BA-336]] Advanced Topics inBusiness Law

3


Financial Investments

[[FIN-342]] Property and LifeInsurance

3

[[FIN-319]] Financial Derivatives 3[[FIN-201]] Personal Finance 3Science Distribution Requirement(Area II)

3

Humanities DistributionRequirement (Area I)

3

18

Seventh Semester[[MGT-358]] International Business 3[BA-419]] Quantitative DecisionMaking

3

[[FIN-345]] Long Range FinancialPlanning

3

Social Science DistributionRequirement (Area III)

3


1

13


3

[[FIN-462]] Professional BusinessExperience

3

[[FIN-358]] International Finance 3Arts Distribution Requirement (AreaIV)

3

12

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FINANCIAL INVESTMENTSMINORFinancial Investments MinorCoordinator: Dr. Dean Frear

Total number of credits required for a minor in Finance - 18

For majors in other disciplines, The Jay S. Sidhu School of Businessand Leadership offers an 18 credit minor in Finance. Courses required tocomplete the Finance minor are:

Requirements[[FIN-240]] Introduction to Finance 3[[FIN-341]] Managerial Finance 3[[FIN-201]] Personal Finance 3[[FIN-230]] Money and Banking 3[[FIN-343]] Investments andPortfolio Management

3

[[FIN-319]] Financial Derivatives 3[[MTH-111]] Calculus 3

Finance........................................................................................................ 24


MANAGEMENTManagement MajorCoordinator: Dr. Ruth Hughes

Total minimum number of credits required for a Major in Managementleading to the Bachelor of Business Administration degree — 122.

Sidhu students who major in Management develop the skills andcompetencies to make a difference in organizations, teams, andcommunities. The Management courses equip students with essentialknowledge and capabilities to excel as leaders in many areas includingoperations management, human resources, sustainability management,and more. Course experiences help our students to develop their criticalthinking, persuasive communication, teamwork, and leadership skills. Sidhumanagement students are prepared to excel in executive and managerialcareers in business, industry, and governmental organizations.

Requirements (27 creditstotal)Each student with a major inManagement must complete thefollowing 18 credits:[[LDR-201]] – Introduction toLeadership

3

[[MGT-209]] – BusinessCorrespondence and Reports

3

[[MGT-257]] – ManagementInformation Systems

3

[[MGT-352]] – Production andOperations Management

3

[[MGT-353]] – Human Resources 3[[MGT-356]] – The SocialResponsibility of Business

3

Each student with a major inManagement must complete 9 of thefollowing credits with 3 credits fromeach of the following categories:Advanced Management [[ENT-384]] Small BusinessConsultancy

3

[[MGT-301]] Project Management 3[[MGT-198]] / [[MGT-298]] /[[MGT-398]] – Topics inManagement

3

[[MKT-357]] Global eBusiness 3[[SCM-352]] Quality Management 3Leadership [[ENT-252]] The EntrepreneurialLeader

3

[[LDR-202]] - Advanced Leadership Theory and Practice

3

[[LDR-301]] – Group Dynamics 3[[LDR-198]] / [[LDR-298]] /[[LDR-398]] Topics in Leadership

3

Emerging Management [[BA-119]] Data Analysis in Excel

1

[[BA-336] Advanced Topics inBusiness Law

3

[[BA-338]] International BusinessLaw

3

[BA-463]] The Business Field andResearch Experience

3

[[BA-464]] International BusinessExperience

3

[[ENT-203]] OpportunityIdentification: Innovation andCreativity

3

[[SCM-201]] Introduction to SupplyChain Management

3

Required Courses andRecommended CourseSequence

FirstSemester

Credits FifthSemester

Credits

[[BA-151]] –IntegratedManagementExperience I

3 [[BA-319]] –BusinessStatistics

3

[[CS-115]] –Computers andApplications

3 [[BA-335]] – Law& Business

3

[[ENG-101]] –Composition

4 [[MGT-353]] –HumanResourceManagement

3

[[FYF-101]] –First-YearFoundations

3 [[HST-101]] –HistoricalFoundationsof the ModernWorld

3

[[EC-101]] –Principles ofEconomics

3 Free Elective 3

[[PPD-101]] –Personal &ProfessionalDevelopment I

1 [[PPD-301]] –Personal &ProfessionalDevelopment V

1

Total Credits 17 Total Credits 16


Management

SecondSemester

SixthSemester

[[EC-102]]Principles ofEconomics II

3 [[LDR-201]] –Introduction toLeadership

3

[[BA-152]] –IntegratedManagementExp. II

3 [[MGT-352]] –Production &OperationsManagement

3

[[MTH-101]] –SolvingProblems UsingMathematics

3 [[MGT-354]] -OrganizationalBehavior

3

[[ENG-120]]ReadingClassicalTraditions

3 Free Elective 3

Social ScienceDistributionRequirement(Area III)

3 HumanitiesDistributionRequirement(Area I)

3


ThirdSemester

SeventhSemester

[[ACC-161]] –Financial Acctg& DecisionMaking

3 [[MGT-358]] –InternationalBusiness

3

[[MGT-251]] –Management ofOrganizations &People

3 Major Elective 3

[[MKT-221]] –Marketing

3 Major Elective 3

Arts DistributionRequirement(Area IV)

3 [[MGT-356]] –SocialResponsibility ofBusiness

3

ScienceDistributionRequirement(Area II)

3 ScienceDistributionRequirement(Area II)

3

[[PPD-201]] –Personal &ProfessionalDevelopment III

1 [[PPD-401]] –Personal &ProfessionalDevelopment VII

1


FourthSemester

EighthSemester

[[ACC-162]] –ManagerialAcctg &Decision Making

3 [[BA-461]] –BusinessStrategy andDecision Making

3

[[MGT-257]] –ManagementInformationSystems

3 [[BA-462]] –ProfessionalBusinessExperience (or463 or 464)

3

[[FIN-240]]Introduction toFinance

3 Major Elective 3

[[MGT-209]] –BusinessCorrespondenceand Reports

3 Free Elective 3

[[COM-101]]Fundamentals ofPublic Speaking

3 Total Credits 12

Total Credits 15

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MANAGEMENT MINORManagement MinorCoordinator: Dr. Ruth Hughes

Total number of credits required for a minor in Management - 18

For majors in The Jay S. Sidhu School of Business and Leadership an 18-credit minor in Management is available.

The following Minor requirements are only available tostudents with majors inside the Sidhu School:

Students intending to minor in MANAGEMENT should take the followingthree courses...• BA 152 or BA 153• MGT 251. Management of Organizations and People or ENT 201. TheNature and Essence of Entrepreneurship (ENT majors only)• MGT 354. Organizational Behavior...and three additional courses from the following:(1) two Management courses from the list below, and(2) one Leadership course

Requirements for the ManagementMinor (18 credits total) Credits (12additional credits total)[[ENT-384]] Small BusinessConsultancy

3

[[MGT-209]] Technical BusinessReports

3

[[MGT-251]] Management ofOrganizations and People

3

[[ENT-201]] The Nature andEssence of Entrepreneurship

3

[[MGT-257]] ManagementInformation Systems

3

[[MGT-301]] Project Management 3[[MGT-352]] Production andOperations Management

3

[[MGT-353]] Human Resources 3[[MGT-354]] OrganizationalBehavior

3

[[MGT-356]] Social Responsibility ofBusiness

3

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SUPPLY CHAINMANAGEMENTSupply ChainManagement MajorCoordinator: Dr. Ruth Hughes

Total minimum number of credits required for a major in Accounting leadingto the B.S. degree — 123.

The B.S. in Supply Chain Management program will offer students theknowledge, quantitative, and technological skills they need in order toensure employment in leading supply chain management roles. Accordingto the Bureau of Labor Statistics, Supply Chain Management is projectedto continue to be one of the fastest growing industries for employment overthe next ten years. Supply Chain Management students will be prepared forpositions such as supply chain manager/analyst, logistics analyst/manager,procurement/sourcing manager, global purchasing manager, acquisitionproject analyst, demand planning manager, production planner, operationsmanager, marketing analyst, business process improvement analyst, andsales/distribution managers.

The Supply Chain Management major requires an additional 31 credits,including:

Requirements for the Supply ChainManagement Major (31 credits total)CreditsEach student with a major in Supply ChainManagement must complete the following 19credits:[[BA-119]] Data Analysis in Excel 1[[SCM-201]] Intro. to Supply ChainManagement

3

[[MGT-352]] OperationsManagement

3

[[SCM-251]] Logistics &Transportation Management

3

[[SCM-257]] Supply Chain Info.Systems

3

[[SCM-358]] Global SupplyChain Management

3

[[SCM-352]] Quality Management 3

Each student witha major in SupplyChain Managementmust complete 12additional electivecredits.

Students will need tocomplete two of thefollowing courses inadvanced Supply ChainManagement:

[[BA-419]] Quantitative DecisionMaking

3

[[MGT-301]] Project Management 3[[SCM-351]] Inventory Management& Control

3

[[SCM-198]] / [[SCM-298]] /[[SCM-398]] Topics in Supply ChainManagement

3

Students will also needto complete two of thefollowing advancedbusiness courses:

3

[[BA-338]] Intl Business Law 3 [[HL-353]] Human ResourceManagement in the ServiceIndustry

3

[[HL-355]] Event Management 3[[MGT-353]] Human Resources 3 [[MGT-356]] Social Responsibility 3 [[MGT-198]] / [[MGT-298]] /[[MGT-398]] Topics in Management

3

[[MKT-357]] Global eBusiness 3 [[SM-355]] Facility Management 3 [[SUS-402]] Metrics ofSustainability

3

Supply Chain Major- Required Coursesand Recommended Course SequenceFirst Semester[[BA-151]] Integrated ManagementExperience I

3

[[CS-115]] Survey of Computers 3[[HST-101]] Intro. Of the ModernWorld

3

[[ENG-101]] Composition 4[[FYF-101]] First-Year Foundations 3[[PPD-101]] Personal andProfessional Development

1

17


3


3

[[MTH-101]] or higher 3Social ScienceDistributionRequirement

3


3


Supply Chain Management


1

16


3

[[SCM-201]] Introduction to SupplyChain Mgmt

3

[[BA-319]] Business Statistics 3[[MGT-251]] Management ofOrganizations & People

3

Science Distribution Requirement 3[[PPD-201]] Personal andProfessional Development III

1

16


3

Free Elective 3[[MKT-221]] Marketing 3[[MGT-352]] Production &Operations Management

3

Humanities DistributionRequirement

3

15

Fifth Semester[[EC-101]] Principles of EconomicsI

3

[[BA-335]] Law and Business 3[[SCM-251]] Logistics &Transportation Management

3

[[SCM-257]] Supply ChainInformation Systems

3

Free Elective 3 15

Sixth Semester[[EC-102]] Principles of EconomicsII

3

[[FIN-240]] Introduction to Finance 3[[SCM-352]] Quality Management 3SCM Major Elective Course 3Arts Distribution Requirement 3 15

Seventh Semester[[MGT-358]] International Business 3[[SCM-358]] Global Supply ChainManagement

3

SCM Major Elective Course 3

Science Distribution Requirement(Area III)

3


3

[[MGT-358]] International Business 1 16


3

[[SCM-462]] Supply ChainManagement Internship

3

SCM Major Elective Course 3SCM Major Elective Course 3Free Elective 3 15

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SUPPLY CHAINMANAGEMENT MINORSupply ChainManagement MinorCoordinator: Dr. Ruth Hughes

For majors in other disciplines, the Jay S. Sidhu School of Business andLeadership offers a 19-credit minor in Supply Chain Management.

Requirements for the Supply ChainManagement Minor CreditsStudents will need tocomplete the followingcourses:

[[BA-119]] Data Analysis in Excel 3[[SCM-201]] Intro. to Supply ChainManagement

3

[[MGT-352]] OperationsManagement

3

Students will also needto complete four of thefollowing courses inadvanced Supply ChainManagement:

[[MGT-301]] Project Management 3[[MKT-357]] Global eBusiness 3[[SCM-251]] Logistics &Transportation Management

3

[[SCM-257]] Supply Chain Info.Systems

3

[[SCM-351]] Inventory Management& Control

3

[[SCM-352]] Quality Management 3[[SCM-358]] Global Supply ChainManagement

3

[[SCM-463]] Research in SupplyChain

3

[[SCM-198]] / [[SCM-298]] /[[SCM-398]] Topics

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ABBA. ACCELERATEDBACHELOR OF BUSINESSADMINISTRATION (ABBA)ABBA-151. ENTREPRENEURSHIP AND INNOVATIONCredits: 3This course takes students through the entrepreneurial process fromthe creative practice of developing a business concept, to planning theventure, to launching and operating the business, to harvest and closureof the firm. Students learn how businesses operate through the studyof functional areas such as marketing, management, human resources,accounting, finance, and operations. Most importantly, students learn andexperience how to integrate the functional areas by tracking information andperformance using financial statements.

ABBA-152. THE LEADERSHIP PROCESSCredits: 3This course takes an interdisciplinary approach to understanding thecomplex process of leadership. Students will have the opportunity to exploreboth leadership theory and the practical application of leadership withindifferent contexts (i.e. group, community, not-for-profit, small businessand large organizational environments). The course will also focus oncurrent issues that impact the leadership process including culture, diversity,and global perspectives. Additionally, the course will explore skills andbehaviors associated with leadership including ethical decision-making,communication, influences, conflict resolution, and motivation.

ABBA-153. BUSINESS COMMUNICATIONSCredits: 3This course emphasizes written and oral communications used in business.Students practice writing major business correspondence, including letterscontaining persuasive requests and refusals, inquiries, orders, sales,applications, credit, collection, and goodwill. Investigative techniques ofresearch and analytical report writing are examined. Students learn themajor techniques of effective oral presentations - such as organizing forimpact, gaining and keeping audience attention, multimedia applications,and adapting to cross-cultural audiences.

ABBA-154. BUSINESS ECONOMICSCredits: 3This course introduces the student to macroeconomic and microeconomictheories and principles. Core issues in both areas of Economics such assupply and demand, fiscal policy and monetary policy, employment, andpricing and output determination are explored in a business environmentcontext.

ABBA-161. FINANCIAL ACCOUNTINGCredits: 3This course studies the nature, function, and environment of accounting,including the accounting information system, account analysis, anddecision-making. The course also provides an understanding of accountingissues and objectives for proper interpretation and analysis of financialaccounting information.

ABBA-162. MANAGERIAL ACCOUNTINGCredits: 3This course develops managerial accounting as an internal tool used togenerate information for managerial planning and control. Students willdevelop an understanding of how costs flow through the manufacturingprocess and how financial and non-financial information is used to makebudgeting and other managerial accounting decisions.

Pre-Requisites[[ABBA-161]] with a minimum grade of 2.0

ABBA-202. PERSONAL AND PROFESSIONALDEVELOPMENT ICredits: 2This is the first part of a two course series on Personal and ProfessionalDevelopment and explicitly targets personal and professional competencyassessment, development, practice and evaluation. This course willchallenge students to become self-aware in areas including: personalitystyle, leadership style, team oriented qualities. Self-awareness andexamination will be expanded and consistently reviewed and will establishthe discipline of lifelong learning, goal setting and planning.

ABBA-221. PRINCIPLES OF MARKETINGCredits: 3This course provides an introduction to the planning and activities ofmarketing. The course will provide an understanding of the dynamicrole marketing plays in the global and national economy as well as theorganization. The student will have the opportunity to build a knowledgebase about the following areas: strategic marketing, research, consumerbehavior, segmentation and targeting, marketing mix planning, the sellingprocess, implementation, and evaluation. Marketing challenges, ethicalthinking and action, and global dimensions of the practice of marketing andretailing will be identified.

ABBA-235. THE LEGAL ENVIRONMENT AND BUSINESSLAWCredits: 3This course provides a foundation for business managers to operate withinthe legal environment in which all businesses in our society function. Itprovides an overview of law and our legal system, the lawmaking andadjudicatory processes, and the roles of economic, social, and politicalforces in the shaping of constraining legal rules and regulations. It alsoprovides a study of the laws protecting consumers and employees; and thelaw of contracts, sales, and business organizations.

ABBA-240. CORPORATE FINANCECredits: 3This course provides a study of the financial theories and decision-making models relating to: financial analysis and planning; working capitalmanagement; cash budgeting; capital asset acquisitions; capital assetfinancing; cost of capital; capital structuring; acquisitions; divestitures; andreorganizations.

ABBA-251. PRINCIPLES OF MANAGEMENTCredits: 3This course introduces the theory and practice of managing organizations.Students analyze the concepts required in overseeing a company includingplanning, organizing, and controlling. Interdisciplinary in nature, social andethical dimensions of managing are also examined.


Course Descriptions

ABBA-257. INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY FOR BUSINESSCredits: 3This course explores the assumptions, concepts and theories of informationtechnologies for digital business in the knowledge economy. Topics willinclude examining critical issues of communication and connectivity ofinformation systems for the organization from both the strategic andtechnical perspectives. Digital opportunities for organizational connectivity,development of standards and motivating strategic alliances will beemphasized.

ABBA-319. STATISTICS FOR BUSINESSCredits: 3This course serves as an introduction to the primary calculations and toolsneeded in business and economics. Topics include, but are not limited to,algebraic functions, interest rates, defining and describing data, numericaland graphical summaries of data, hypothesis testing, and regression andcorrelation analysis. Mathematical modeling in the business environment isemphasized.

ABBA-352. PRODUCTION AND OPERATIONS INBUSINESSCredits: 3This course introduces principles of decision-making, how competitionis enhanced, product and process development and management,quality management, and fundamentals of supply chain and inventorymanagement.


ABBA-353. MANAGEMENT OF HUMAN RESOURCESCredits: 3This course deals with acquiring skills and understanding of the planningand technologies involved with local, regional, national, and global humanresources management. Topics such as selection and recruitment, andjob analysis and design are explored. Also included are appraising andrewarding performance, compensation and benefits, and labor managementrelations.


ABBA-354. ORGANIZATIONAL STUDIESCredits: 3This course emphasizes organizational theory and structure enhancing thestudent’s ability to take action in organizations. The role of the employeeand manager in the organizational change process will be discussed,highlighting the complexity of change. Topics such as motivation, risk,social influence, communication, organizational structure, team dynamics,leadership, culture, and power will be presented.


ABBA-358. INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MANAGEMENTCredits: 3This course is an introduction to the field of international business. Itprovides an overview of the world economy; trade channels; and theeffects of economic, political, and the social environment on internationalmanagement. It also provides an insight to problems that exist ininternational operations, as well as the role of government in fosteringinternational business.


ABBA-402. PERSONAL AND PROFESSIONALDEVELOPMENT IICredits: 2This is the second part of a two course series on Personal and ProfessionalDevelopment and explicitly targets personal and professional competencyassessment, development, practice and evaluation. This course will exposeyou to a series of experts in Leadership in order to examine your ownleadership competencies as well as learning about the legacy you leavewhen you move to later jobs and positions.Pre-RequisitesA grade of 2.0 or better in ABBA 202

ABBA-461. BUSINESS STRATEGY AND DECISION-MAKINGCredits: 3This first capstone course integrates the functional areas of businessfrom the perspective of top management. Emphasis is on the role ofmanagement in the formation and execution of strategic plans and aparticular emphasis on improving a company's performance. ADVISORPERMISSION REQUIRED.


ABBA-462. PROFESSIONAL BUSINESS EXPERIENCECredits: 3This second capstone course is a professional business experience inwhich students apply their accumulated knowledge, skills, and abilitiesin a private or public organization related to the students' academicobjectives and career goals. The course will include cooperative education,independent study, and/or an experiential component. ADVISORPERMISSION REQUIRED

Pre-Requisites[[ABBA-251]] with a minimum grade of 2.0, [[ABBA-221]] with a minimumgrade of 2.0, [[ABBA-240]] with a minimum grade of 2.0

Course Descriptions

ACC. ACCOUNTINGACC-151. INTEGRATED MANAGEMENT EXPERIENCE ICredits: 3Terms Offered: FallIntegrated Management Experience is a two-semester sequence that takesyou through the entrepreneurial process from creating a business conceptto planning the venture to launching and operating the business to harvestand closure of the firm. You learn how businesses plan and operate throughthe study of functional areas such as marketing, management, humanresources, accounting and finance, and operations. Most importantly, youwill learn and experience how the pieces fit together through integratingthe functional areas tracking information and performance using financialaccounting principles. Cross listed with [[ACC-151]] and [[ENT-151]].

ACC-152. INTEGRATED MANAGEMENT EXPERIENCE IICredits: 3Terms Offered: SpringIntegrated Management Experience is a two-semester sequence that takesyou through the entrepreneurial process from creating a business conceptto planning the venture to launching and operating the business to harvestand closure of the firm. You learn how businesses plan and operate throughthe study of functional areas such as marketing, management, humanresources, accounting and finance, and operations. You develop a clearunderstanding of the importance of accounting cycles and how financialaccounting principles provide not only information but an integrating threadfor all types of organizations. Cross listed with [[BA-152]] and [[ENT-152]].

Pre-Requisites[[ACC-151]] / [[BA-151]] / [[ENT-151]] with a minimum grade of 2.0

ACC-161. FINANCIAL ACCOUNTING AND DECISION-MAKINGCredits: 3This is a study of the nature, function, and environment of accounting,including the accounting information system, account analysis, anddecision-making. The course provides an understanding of accountingissues and objectives for proper interpretation and analysis of financialaccounting information.

ACC-162. MANAGERIAL ACCOUNTING AND DECISION-MAKINGCredits: 3Managerial accounting is an internal tool used to generate information formanagerial planning and control. Students will develop an understandingof operating and capital budgets, standard costs, incremental concepts,relevant costs, transfer pricing, and responsibility and profit center reportsas a means of analysis as well as techniques of measurement.

Pre-Requisites[[ACC-161]] with a minimum grade of 2.0

ACC-201. INTERMEDIATE ACCOUNTINGCredits: 3Terms Offered: FallA study of the accounting information system and the accountingstandards applicable to corporate balance sheet accounts and their relatedcounterparts that result in revenue and expense recognition on the incomestatement and statement of retained earnings. Course topics include thefinancial accounting standards, financial statement preparation, cash andreceivables, inventories and cost of goods sold, and plant and depreciation.


ACC-202. INTERMEDIATE ACCOUNTING IICredits: 3Terms Offered: SpringThis course is a study of the accounting standards applicable to intangibleassets, liabilities, and stockholders’ equity. Also, it focuses on theapplication of generally accepted accounting principles that relate to varioustechnical reporting areas within financial statements. Emphasis is placed ontechnical standards and the necessary disclosure requirements for thesereporting areas. Course topics include earnings per share, securities thatcan dilute earnings per share, corporate investments, and accounting forcorporate income taxes and pensions.

Pre-Requisites[[ACC-201]] with a minimum grade of 2.0.

ACC-219. FINANCIAL STATEMENT ANALYSISCredits: 3This course will focus on corporate financial reporting, evaluation,financial planning, accounting policies and practices, and other currentissues. The interplay between accounting and corporate finance will beemphasized. The course will teach you how to use financial statementinformation for firm valuation and other economic decisions. The course willalso help you understand and analyze the issues that corporate managersface as they design and implement financial reporting strategies, increasingyour ability to assess accounting quality. This course will provide you withtools to analyze and exploit information in corporate financial statements.

Pre-Requisites[[ACC-162]], [[FIN-240]] both with a minimum grade of 2.0

ACC-301. ADVANCED FINANCIAL ACCOUNTINGCredits: 3A comprehensive review and analysis for various accounting issues relatingto corporate consolidations, partnerships, governmental units, non-profitorganizations, estates, trusts, and bankruptcies. Extensive computerizedapplications are an integral part of this course.


Course Descriptions

ACC-311. ADVANCED MANAGERIAL ACCOUNTINGCredits: 3Terms Offered: FallAdvanced treatment of managerial accounting topics with emphasis ongeneration, communication, and use of information to assist managementin performance of the planning and control function. Information systemsdesign, budgeting, variance analysis, and direct costing concepts arecovered.


ACC-321. TAXESCredits: 3Terms Offered: FallIntroduction to the Internal Revenue Code for individuals and sole-proprietorships. Preparation of individual tax returns based on the currenttax law, regulations, and revenue ruling letters. Introduction to tax researchusing various traditional and electronic reference services.


ACC-322. ADVANCED TAXESCredits: 3Terms Offered: SpringIntroduction to certain tax laws as they apply to Corporations, SCorporations, and Partnerships. This involves developing a thoroughunderstanding of tax research and how tax planning may help the financialentity to minimize tax liability.


ACC-331. AUDITINGCredits: 3Terms Offered: FallTo understand the most important concepts in auditing and how they areused in decision making, evidence accumulation and reporting. This entailsunderstanding the concepts, methods, and processes of control that providefor the accuracy and integrity of financial data and the safeguarding ofbusiness assets, along with understanding the nature of attest services andthe conceptual and procedural bases for performing them.


ACC-341. ACCOUNTING INFORMATION SYSTEMSCredits: 3Terms Offered: SpringTo develop a solid understanding of and appreciation for the use ofaccounting information employed to process and sort business events soas to provide information for the functions of financial reporting, internalresponsibility accounting, and decision support. This understanding includesapplications via spreadsheets, databases, general ledgers, and the internet.

Pre-Requisites[[ACC-162]] and [[MGT-251]]

ACC-362. ACCOUNTING INTERNSHIPCredits: three or sixPre-Requisites[[ACC-202]] with a minimum grade of 2.0

ACC-397. SEMINARCredits: 1-3One to three credits

BA. BUSINESSADMINISTRATIONBA-119. DATA ANALYSIS IN EXCELCredits: 1This course is designed to teach the basic and advanced featuresand functions of Excel, including summative, descriptive and reportingtechniques. Students will also gain the knowledge of data manipulation andvisual reporting. This one-credit class will meet multiple times each week,and will run for 5 consecutive weeks.

BA-151. INTEGRATED MANAGEMENT EXPERIENCE ICredits: 3Terms Offered: FallIntegrated Management Experience is a two-semester sequence that takesyou through the entrepreneurial process from creating a business conceptto planning the venture to launching and operating the business to harvestand closure of the firm. You learn how businesses plan and operate throughthe study of functional areas such as marketing, management, humanresources, accounting and finance, and operations. Most importantly, youwill learn and experience how the pieces fit together through integratingthe functional areas tracking information and performance using financialaccounting principles. Cross listed with [[ACC-151]] and [[ENT-151]].

BA-152. INTEGRATED MANAGEMENT EXPERIENCE IICredits: 3Terms Offered: SpringIntegrated Management Experience is a two-semester sequence that takesyou through the entrepreneurial process from creating a business conceptto planning the venture to launching and operating the business to harvestand closure of the firm. You learn how businesses plan and operate throughthe study of functional areas such as marketing, management, humanresources, accounting and finance, and operations. You develop a clearunderstanding of the importance of accounting cycles and how financialaccounting principles provide not only information but an integrating threadfor all types of organizations. Cross listed with [[ACC-152]] and [[ENT-152]].

Pre-Requisites[[ACC-151]] / [[BA-151]] / [[ENT-151]] with a minimum grade of 2.0

BA-153. MANAGEMENT FOUNDATIONSCredits: 3Management Foundations provides the framework for further study inaccounting, business administration, and entrepreneurship programs.Functional areas of management are examined. This class is closed tofreshmen and to any student who completed ACC/BA/ENT 151 and ACC/BA/ENT 152.

Course Descriptions

BA-319. BUSINESS STATISTICSCredits: 3Terms Offered: FallAn introduction to the primary tools of research in business and economics;the collection, summarization, analysis, and interpretation of statisticalfindings relevant to business decisions. Two hours of lecture and one hourof individualized laboratory. Topics covered will include, but not be limitedto, descriptive statistics, probability, sampling theory, hypothesis testing, andregression and correlation analysis. Cross-listed with [[EC-319]]

Pre-Requisites[[MTH-101]] or higher

BA-335. LAW AND BUSINESSCredits: 3This course provides a foundation for understanding how the law functions;the laws protecting consumers and employees; and the law of contracts,sales, and business organizations.

BA-336. ADVANCED TOPICS IN BUSINESS LAWCredits: 3Terms Offered: SpringThis course provides students with an understanding of select advancedtopics in law, specifically those that have the greatest impact on businessand accounting.

Pre-Requisites[[BA-335]] with a minimum grade of 2.0

BA-337. LEGAL ASPECTS OF SPORT AND EVENTMANAGEMENTCredits: 3Introduces legal issues that confront contemporary organized athletics andsports management. Specific topics which are highlighted include impactof antitrust laws; personal services contracts; labor law; injury and liability;franchise and transfer rules; and tax aspects. Examines the role of legalservices within sports organizations and in individual athlete representation.


BA-338. INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS LAWCredits: 3Terms Offered: On Demand,SpringThe course will focus on international business law applicable tointernational business transactions. Topics covered will include comparablelegal systems in the world and the law relative to 1) international sales,transport, credit and commercial agreements; 2) trade law includingimports, customs, tariff regulations/agreements, regional free trade areas; 3)regulation of the marketplace including licensing, patent, advertising, salesrepresentation, foreign investment and business formation, currency risk,anti-trust, employment and environmental law. This course is offered everyother fall – odd years.


BA-419. QUANTITATIVE DECISION MAKINGCredits: 3This course is designed to build on the basics of introductory statistics sothat the students understand how a variety of advanced statistical tools areused to support decision-making using business data. Students developnecessary skills to build models that conform the assumptions of theprocedures. The course aims to provide more hands on experience. Thetopics that will be introduced include descriptive statistics, t-tests, ANOVA,simple linear regression, multiple linear regression, logistic regression andtheir applications on business data.

BA-461. BUSINESS STRATEGY AND DECISION-MAKINGCredits: 3The first of a two-semester capstone experience. This course integratesthe functional areas of business from the perspective of top management.Emphasis is on the role of management in the formation of strategic andlong-range plans.

Pre-Requisites[[MKT-221]], [[EC-101]], [[EC-102]], [[FIN-240]], and [[MGT-251]] all with aminimum grade of 2.0

BA-462. PROFESSIONAL BUSINESS EXPERIENCECredits: 3Pre-Requisites[[MKT-221]], [[FIN-240]], and [[MGT-251]] all with a minimum grade of 2.0

BA-463. THE BUSINESS FIELD AND RESEARCHEXPERIENCECredits: 3This course allows the student to choose from a variety of professionalopportunities. The student could perform research and writing in his orher major area. Such research must be approved by the instructor inadvance. (The Undergraduate Thesis) The student may participate ina multidisciplinary capstone course that incorporates the application ofbusiness creation, development, and planning. It includes the applicationof business functions such as management, business strategy, marketing,accounting, finance, operations management, and sales. (The BusinessIncubator) The student could also visit several local organizations toconduct a live case comparison that spans industries and organizations asit pertains to his or her major area and faculty interests. (The Business FieldExperience) Action learning gives students the opportunity to develop anunderstanding of the Sidhu School disciplines and business practices thatare ethically and socially responsible.

Pre-RequisitesSenior class standing.

BA-464. INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS EXPERIENCECredits: 3The course provides an overview of a Western European Society. A ten-dayfield trip in Western Europe is a major learning experience of the course.Site visits are made in a number of cities in European countries. Site visitsinclude Cities, Regions, and Business and travel centers. Arrangementsfor travel are made during the fall, and travel in the spring. The purposeof the course is to create a global learning experience using WesternEurope as a medium to facilitate the student’s understanding of the globalbusiness environment. Presentations, discussions, travel, observations,projects, as well as written papers will provide students with the opportunityto demonstrate their understanding and knowledge.

Course Descriptions

FIN. FINANCEFIN-201. PERSONAL FINANCECredits: 3Terms Offered: On DemandThis course in personal financial management is designed to helpstudents understand and develop competence and confidence in usingthe knowledge and skill of the discipline of personal money management. Students develop competence and confidence through reading aboutpersonal financial management and through working with problems andcases that include real life experiences with the subject. This course isdesigned to benefit business and non business majors.

FIN-219. FINANCIAL ANALYSISCredits: 3This course is an introductory course on the fundamentals of financialanalysis techniques. It aims to help students develop analytical skillsfor making investment decisions. Furthermore, it focuses on less well-established techniques and knowledge that is alien to and ignored byefficient market hypothesis (EMH) or modern portfolio theory (MPT). Theemphasis is on: technical analysis, Microsoft Excel tools in a financialcontext and Bloomberg terminals.

Pre-Requisites[[BA-119]], [[FIN-240]] with a minimum grade 2.0

FIN-230. MONEY & BANKINGCredits: 3A study of money, credit, and banking operations. Monetary standards,development of the American monetary and banking system. Recentdevelopments in other financial institutions. Central banking and the FederalReserve System, instruments of monetary control, international monetaryrelationships. Cross-listed with [[EC-230]]

FIN-240. INTRODUCTION TO FINANCECredits: 3This course introduces basic principles of finance including cash flow,financial ratios, time value of money, stock and bond valuation, capitalstructure and cost of capital.

FIN-319. FINANCIAL DERIVATIVESCredits: 3Financial securities and markets are changing rapidly. This course givesstudents an understanding of financial derivative instruments and theirapplications to corporate strategy and risk management. Students learn howthe finance derivatives are priced and used in risk management and tradingor speculative strategies by individuals and companies. We cover options,forwards, futures, and swaps to help our students to be better prepared toenter a career in finance.

Pre-Requisites[[ACC-162]], [[BA-119]], [[FIN-240]], [[FIN-341]], [[FIN-343]] all with aminimum grade of 2.0

FIN-341. MANAGERIAL FINANCECredits: 3This course provides advanced study of financial theories, decision-making models relating to: financial analysis and planning; working capitalmanagement; cash budgeting; capital asset acquisitions; capital assetfinancing; cost of capital; capital structuring; acquisitions; divestitures; andreorganizations.

Pre-Requisites[[FIN-240]] with a minimum grade of 2.0

FIN-342. PROPERTY AND LIFE INSURANCECredits: 3A study of principles of life, health, property, and liability insurance applied tothe needs of individuals and organizations.


FIN-343. INVESTMENTS AND PORTFOLIO MANAGEMENTCredits: 3A survey of the features and characteristics of investment instruments, theoperation and regulation of security markets, the techniques of securityanalysis and valuation, financial intermediaries, and modern and traditionalportfolio theory and management.


FIN-345. LONG-RANGE FINANCIAL PLANNINGCredits: 3A survey of the tools and techniques currently employed by financialdecision-makers when evaluating organizational performance anddeveloping future courses of action. Emphasis will be placed upon long-range planning and capital budgeting techniques.

Pre-Requisites[[FIN-341]] and [[FIN-343]] with a minimum grade of 2.0

FIN-358. INTERNATIONAL FINANCECredits: 3This course will provide the conceptual framework necessary for financialdecision-making in a multinational corporation (mnc). We focus onimplementing analytical tools and theory through problems and analysisof real-world global decision-making. Students explore the followingtraditional areas of corporate finance: investments, capital budgeting, costof capital, capital structure, evaluation and control of operations, merger andacquisition, and risk management from a global perspective.

FIN-397. SEMINARCredits: 1-3One to three credits

MGT. MANAGEMENTMGT-209. BUSINESS CORRESPONDENCE AND REPORTSCredits: 3An emphasis on written communications: practice in writing majorclassification of business letters; persuasive requests and refusals; andinquiry, order, sales, application, credit, collection, and goodwill letters.Investigative techniques of research and analytical report writing.

Course Descriptions

MGT-251. MANAGEMENT OF ORGANIZATIONS ANDPEOPLECredits: 3Introduction to the theory and practice of managing organizations, includingplanning, organizing, and controlling. Interdisciplinary in nature, social andethical dimensions of managing are examined.

Pre-RequisitesEither ACC, BA, ENT 151 or BA 153

MGT-257. MANAGEMENT INFORMATION SYSTEMSCredits: 3This course introduces the fundamental concepts underlying the design,implementation, control, and evaluation of business-oriented computerbased information systems, office automation, information reporting, anddecision making.

Pre-Requisites[[ACC-162]], [[BA-119]], [[FIN-240]]

MGT-352. PRODUCTION AND OPERATIONSMANAGEMENTCredits: 3Terms Offered: SpringPrinciples of decision-making, systems design, introduction to quantitativetools of analysis, and fundamentals of production, inventory, financial, anddistribution management.

Pre-Requisites[[BA-319]] and [[MGT-251]].

MGT-353. HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENTCredits: 3Terms Offered: FallThis course focuses on introducing the student to the theories, practices,problems, and legislation relevant to attracting, selecting, developing,compensating, and effectively using human resources in organizations.

Pre-Requisites[[MGT-251]].

MGT-354. ORGANIZATIONAL BEHAVIORCredits: 3A behavioral science approach to understanding individual, formal, andinformal group behavior, macro- and micro-organizational structures,motivation and leadership theories, group influences, conflicts, decision-making, and communication, with emphasis on behavioral scienceapplications in developing organizational effectiveness.

Pre-Requisites[[MGT-251]].

MGT-356. THE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY OF BUSINESSCredits: 3A course dealing with the problems faced by managers in responding toissues such as the kinds and extent of social responsibility to be assumedby businesses, employee rights, consumerism, and the balance of publicand private interests.

Pre-Requisites[[MGT-251]] and junior standing.

MGT-357. BUSINESS TRANSFORMATIONS IN THEDIGITAL ECONOMYCredits: 3This course is designed to help students understand how the digitaleconomy forces companies to rethink their business strategies--andarchitect processes, products, and information differently. Topics will allowfor the development of problem solving abilities using business analyticsand intellectual curiosity using radical openness in the workplace. Thecourse content will incorporate cases in business, and it will seek to createan understanding of big data, culture and ubiquitous technologies. Studentswill also understand how to thinking critically and to make decisions usinginternal and external sources of data.

Pre-Requisites[[ACC-162]], [[BA-119]], [[FIN-240]]

MGT-358. INTERNATIONAL BUSINESSCredits: 3An introduction to the field of international business. Topics includethe empirical dimensions of the world economy, business enterprise ininternational trade, trade channels, effects of economic, political, andsocial environment on international management problems of internationaloperations, and the role of government in fostering international business. Asubstantial amount of writing is required.

Pre-Requisites[[MGT-251]] and senior standing.

MGT-397. SEMINARCredits: 1-3

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