BBA

This course is designed to introduce the student to accounting principles, practices, and techniques. Emphasis is placed on accounting for a sole proprietorship. The accounting cycle, financial statements, control of cash, inventories, plants assets, current liabilities and payroll accounting are covered.

Prerequisite: MATU 099 or higher.

This course presents an introduction to statistics and its practical applications. Topics include methods of sampling, graphical representation of data, descriptive statistics, elementary probability principles, discrete and continuous random variables, probability distributions, Central Limit Theorem, confidence intervals, hypothesis testing, correlation and regression, goodness-of-fit, and contingency tables. Students will explore the use of data analysis and statistical methods in the disciplines of business, health sciences, education, and social sciences. Computer software for statistical analysis of application problems is required.

Prerequisites: MATU 203, FINU 305 and MGTU 301.

This course is designed to support leaders to identify, achieve, and sustain a competitive advantage for their organizations. Students will learn how to perform various strategic analyses, how to make data-driven strategic choices, and how to assess the effects of strategic choices on the organization and its environment.

This course is a comprehensive review of effective written and oral communication in academic and professional settings. Students build knowledge and skills in the process of researching and writing reports and preparing presentations that clearly communicate the intended message.

Prerequisites: MATU 203.

The central focus of this course is on the role of financial management in maximizing the value of the company. The course begins with a discussion of basic concepts and tools, including accounting statements, interest rates, taxes, risk analysis, time value of money, and the basics of security valuation. Thereafter, we will learn how a manager can help maximize his/her firms'' value by improving decisions in such areas as working capital management, capital budgeting, and choice of capital structure.

This course is designed to provide business students with foundational knowledge about the legal and regulatory environment in which US businesses operate. Students will be tasked to (1) apply principles of law to different scenarios and real world cases; (2) reflect on the legal and ethical side of business decisions and express their ideas through verbal, oral and visual communication; and (3) develop a recommendations report on a business case.

Prerequisite: FINU 305.

This course will examine the applications of financial theories and concepts including capital structure, capital budgeting, forecasting, working capital management, and lease/buy decisions. Analysis of firms will utilize the cash flow model, as well as exploring whether the company should undertake a capital budgeting project.

Prerequisite: FINU 305.

This is a basic finance course discussing various aspects of the U.S financial system, including consideration of monetary standards, the organization and functioning of both depository institutions and the Federal Reserve System. Issues related to the money supply, interest rates, and asset prices are emphasized. Recent banking conditions and trends in financial institutions are also emphasized.

Prerequisite: FINU 305.

Students explore the simultaneous management of multiple securities, using statistical and other mathematical tools. Topics covered include: risk and return, allocation of risky assets, setting portfolio objectives and strategy, portfolio optimization, risk crafting, and portfolio performance evaluation. Through investment tools, projects, and readings, students will explore investment and portfolio theory and practice.

Prerequisites: ACCU 201 and ACCU 202.

This course examines the federal income tax consequences of individuals and property transactions. Included is the history and development of the federal income tax system, the tax implications on influencing personal and business behavior, and the dispute resolution process.

Prerequisite: FINU 305.

This course examines investment and financing instruments, markets, and tactics of international finance. Topics include international monetary systems and organizations, foreign exchange rate determination and exposure management decisions, international transaction and translation management, foreign direct investment, international financial markets, institutions and banking. Not offered 2024-2025.

This course addresses issues related to financing small business enterprises and entrepreneurial ventures. Various sources of financing are examined: commercial banks, venture capital, angels, and government financing. In addition, collateralizing the firm’s assets for financing, such as inventory and receivables financing, equipment financing, and real estate financing, is discussed. The Initial Public Offer (IPO) process is examined as a means for emerging enterprises to access public capital markets.

This course introduces students to the organization, structure, and components of health services delivery systems in the United States. It fosters a multidimensional understanding of how the healthcare system functions, how it has evolved, and how it compares to other countries. Students will examine issues about the population health in a particular state, and examine the use of location intelligence and geospatial data in healthcare. Trends and challenges associated with the healthcare system are explored and discussed in an engaging forum.

This course introduces the basic concepts and applications of healthcare funding, insurance, managed care, payments and reimbursement, costs and prices in healthcare, and the revenue cycle management. It covers comprehensive basic principles and applications of healthcare finance that are used by healthcare managers including the related regulatory and legal issues.

This course provides students with a system’s look at hospital organizations and operations management. Students apply concepts and methods of operations management to health care organizational setting in real-life scenarios. Topics include process workflow improvement and patient flow, productivity, scheduling and capacity management, and supply chain strategies for hospitals and healthcare.

The focus of this course is on data and information governance, electronic health records, data integrity, security and confidentiality, and coding. Emphasis is also placed on information technology that supports the delivery of services, including the collection, storage, retrieval, and communication of data, information systems safeguards, and ethical and legal issues.

This course explains the basic principles and techniques of quality management in healthcare. Students will learn strategic approaches to exceeding patient expectations through application of performance improvements tools and practices; and through compliance with established internal and external standards, set by the organization, private and governmental agencies.

Demonstrate an understanding of the importance of team dynamics to organizational effectiveness, productivity, and communication within an organization.

This course examines the methods of collecting and interpreting marketing information and specific application to problems in marketing. Design and implementation of a marketing research plan, and its role in decision making are emphasized.

Develop an understanding of consumer behavior in marketing.

This course introduces global marketing concepts and presents the differences between marketing in the US and internationally. Students will learn how companies across national borders apply marketing principles and how global marketing is used to support business strategy. Not offered 2024-2025.

This course will develop the student's ability to think strategically about marketing problems and potential solutions. To achieve this goal, the course focuses on the marketing process as the basic framework for integrating and coordinating marketing decisions. Specifically, students will develop skills in establishing and evaluating marketing opportunities, and developing marketing strategies, and programs to be better prepared to tackle the marketing problems encountered in the professional environment. As part of the course requirements, students will conduct environmental, competitive, and customer analyses to develop marketing strategies and programs.

This course introduces and applies an integrated view of the process of designing, developing and launching new products. Aligning business strategy with product design, linking product development and product launch strategies, and competitive placement of new products are explored.

This course focuses on how marketing professionals apply advertising and promotion strategies in an integrated marketing communication plan. Students will learn how to create, communicate, budget, and evaluate advertising and promotion plans for consumers and businesses. Not offered 2024-2025.

This course is designed to provide an understanding of compensation and employee benefit programs and practices and how and why employers provide benefits as they do. Employee benefits are a significant component of total compensation and offers employers added flexibility in compensation design. Topics include indirect and direct compensation, legally required employee benefits and voluntary programs, governmental regulations, and external social factors affecting compensation.

This course examines staffing, training, and organizational development techniques organizations use to build group and individual skills while tying anticipated results to improvement in organizational effectiveness. The course also focuses on policies and procedures for both short and long range human resources planning for a competent workforce, job analysis, legal compliance, recruitment and selection, employee separations' and retention, training and career management.

This course will generate an understanding of and appreciation for core elements of union-management relationships. A thorough review of a model for the labor relations process will focus on real-world situations and concerns.

This course introduces performance improvement concepts and provides practice in the selection and development of strategies designed to maximize organizational performance.

This course focuses on developing the strategic capability of the HR professional. The course builds on 4 areas of HR strategy: 1) Pre-strategy blueprint, 2) Strategic HR Communications, 3) Integrating HR into the organization's vision and mission via the development of the HR vision and mission statement, and 4) the HR Scorecard. The course adds a component regarding HR leadership to assist the HR professional to acquire organizational leaders' acceptance of the HR strategies and bring added-value to their HR position.

Students analyze the nature, types and stages of conflict and conflict resolution. Focus is on conflict within and between persons, organizations, communities, and societies, with emphasis upon resolution techniques.

Strategic management of supply chains is presented in this course with emphasis on the topics of supply chain capabilities, risk management, CSR principles, collaborative innovation, strategic sourcing, logistics strategy, and value network management. The concept of responsive or efficient supply chain design is developed, to prepare students for management challenges in a wide range of industries.

Design of supply chain processes is presented in this course with emphasis on cross functional project management, management of supply chain processes, procurement management, logistics system design, risk management, performance management, analysis and improvement. Definitions and metrics are developed for success in driving continuous improvement in supply chain systems.

Demonstrate an understanding of organizational behavior factors, processes and theoretical concepts as they relate to organizational effectiveness and productivity.

Demonstrate an understanding of the importance of team dynamics to organizational effectiveness, productivity, and communication within an organization.

Prerequisites: ACCU 201 and ACCU 202.

This course will examine basic cost accounting and budgeting principles, costing and decision-making models, application of variances analysis for planning and control and activity-based costing. Construction of a basic budget and construction of a model for decision-making will be demonstrated.

Analyze the financial performance of a business using financial statement analysis.

Prerequisites: ACCU 301 and ACCU 302.

A study of the preparation of consolidated financial statements; international accounting; foreign currency translations and transactions; and SEC regulations of financial reporting are examined. Special emphasis is given to identifying the main characteristics of government and nonprofit financial information.

Prerequisites: ACCU 302.

A study of the important roles of accounting information; major components of accounting information systems; internal control; and flowcharting techniques. Discusses the evaluation of internal control and its integration into a computer-based accounting system.

Prerequisites: ACCU 201 and ACCU 202.

This course examines the federal income tax consequences of individuals and property transactions. Included is the history and development of the federal income tax system, the tax implications on influencing personal and business behavior, and the dispute resolution process.

Prerequisites: ACCU 301 or 302.

This course examines the auditing profession, the auditing process, and other assurance and nonassurance services. Students will learn the application of the audit process to the sales and collection cycle and other business cycles, such as accounts payable, and will apply various tests and analytical procedures for completing an audit.

A review and analysis of organization development and change. Students will develop an understanding and use of organizational development and change theory from the perspective of systems theory and its constructs. Introduces organization change concepts, principles, values, theories and models.

Examines frameworks for ethical judgment as well as contemporary dilemmas and moral issues in organizations, with a special focus on the role of professional ethics and the responsibilities inherent in the commitment to serve others. Topics include servant leadership, responsibilities of professionals, the obligations of corporations concerning the environment product safety, the rights of employees, honesty in advertising.

This course examines leadership from theoretical and practical perspectives. It compares and contrasts leadership theories, models, and strategies; and explores how leaders can create organizations, systems and structures to achieve organizational goals and engage employees. The application of course concepts to enhance leadership effectiveness is emphasized.

Through the use of experiential activities, self-assessments, student facilitations, and presentations, this course aims to improve and enhance key leadership competencies in order to prepare students to succeed in leadership positions, and to help them learn to develop leadership in others. Specific topics may include: developing personal influence, collaboration and group dynamics; communication; followership; conflict management; and images of leadership in popular culture (e.g., in film, music, or literature).

Demonstrate an understanding of organizational behavior factors, processes and theoretical concepts as they relate to organizational effectiveness and productivity.

Demonstrate an understanding of the importance of team dynamics to organizational effectiveness, productivity, and communication within an organization.

This course addresses issues related to financing small business enterprises and entrepreneurial ventures. Various sources of financing are examined: commercial banks, venture capital, angels, and government financing. In addition, collateralizing the firm’s assets for financing, such as inventory and receivables financing, equipment financing, and real estate financing, is discussed. The Initial Public Offer (IPO) process is examined as a means for emerging enterprises to access public capital markets.

Prerequisite: Dean approval.

Through the action learning project students will experience “entrepreneurship in action,” allowing them to bridge theory and practice. During this course each student will work one-on-one with a successful entrepreneur on a substantial project of strategic importance to the business.

This course introduces and applies an integrated view of the process of designing, developing and launching new products. Aligning business strategy with product design, linking product development and product launch strategies, and competitive placement of new products are explored.

Examines frameworks for ethical judgment as well as contemporary dilemmas and moral issues in organizations, with a special focus on the role of professional ethics and the responsibilities inherent in the commitment to serve others. Topics include servant leadership, responsibilities of professionals, the obligations of corporations concerning the environment product safety, the rights of employees, honesty in advertising.

Create a project management plan using applications and tools including GIS. 3 units.

Students are introduced to the study of human resources in organizations. Topics include workforce planning, job analysis, recruitment, selection, staffing, performance evaluation, training, and compensation.

Prerequisite: CSCU 251.

Students learn systematically the concepts, issues, challenges, and technological solutions of computer networks security and develop procedural and technological solutions with hands-on practice.

Develop basic designing, coding, and documenting skills in a programming language. 3 units.

Students explore the principles and techniques of data communications and give special emphasis to networks and distributed systems. The I.S.O. Reference Model for open systems interconnection will be investigated and the function and operation of each protocol layer analyzed.

Examines frameworks for ethical judgment as well as contemporary dilemmas and moral issues in organizations, with a special focus on the role of professional ethics and the responsibilities inherent in the commitment to serve others. Topics include servant leadership, responsibilities of professionals, the obligations of corporations concerning the environment product safety, the rights of employees, honesty in advertising.

Create a project management plan using applications and tools including GIS. 3 units.

Students learn data management concepts and the representation and structure of data in the context of applications and system software. The emphasis is on design of databases and developing applications in a client- server environment using SQL as the query language.