BUS - Business
Offered Fall, Spring and Summer Semesters
This course includes the practical applications of economics used in marketing, retailing and management and the study of supply/demand, market structure, price regulations and trade. It emphasizes the practical applications of finance and economics used in all business environments and the study of the time value of money, asset valuation, risk and return, and capital budgeting.
Offered Fall and Spring Semesters
This course is an introduction to the process of starting a small business, including forms of ownership and management. Students will determine a business idea of interest to them, then develop it through a 10 stage process.
Offered Fall, Spring and Summer Semesters
This course is a study of legal procedures, law and society, classifications and systems of law, the tribunals administering justice and their actions, contracts, sales, transfer of titles, rights and duties of the parties, conditions and warranties.
Offered Fall and Spring Semesters
This course introduces the basic forms of transportation and provides an understanding of the economic fundamentals underlying each mode.
Offered Fall Semester
This course introduces basic concepts and applications of business analytics. Topics include an overview of the analytical process and the role of the analyst, applied descriptive statistics, and exploratory data analysis. Upon completion, students should be able to demonstrate a basic understanding of analytics for decision-making in business.
Offered Spring Semester
Prerequisite: LOG 215 or MMT 101
This course is a study of the concepts and techniques involved in the efficient acquisition and management of purchased goods in business and/or industrial firms.
Offered Fall, Spring and Summer Semesters
This is a survey course in international business designed to enhance the global perspective of business students. Emphasis is placed on the legal, cultural, economic and political factors faced in operating an international business.
Offered Fall, Spring and Summer Semesters
Prerequisite: Enrollment into this course will be determined on an individual case basis.
This course includes the integration of business skills within an approved work site related to business and industry. (See advisor and/or Management Department Head regarding enrollment into this course.)
Offered Fall, Spring and Summer Semesters based on student request and permission of instructor
Prerequisite: Permission of instructor
This course provides an opportunity for students to investigate a faculty-approved topic related to Business using the application of practical research methods. The course is designed for students in a Business or Public Service program to explore part of their major in more depth by working one-on-one or in small groups on faculty- or student-designed research projects.