BUS - Business Management


BUS 225Personal FinanceUNITS: 3 - Offered in Fall and Spring
Economic and financial strategies used to accumulate, manage and protect personal assets. Emphasizing income generation, expense reduction, investment selection, and wealth creation to meet future needs and goals. Topics include investing (mutual funds, stocks, etc.), annuities, deferred savings, insurance, retirement planning, estate planning, and real estate finance.


BUS 295Special Topics in Business ManagementUNITS: 1-6
Experimental course development. Special topics in Business Management at the introductory level.


BUS 305Legal and Regulatory EnvironmentUNITS: 3 - Offered in Fall and Spring
Prerequisite: College of Management Majors must have passed Software Applications Proficiency Requirement
Introduction to contract, tort, and agency law, the judicial system, common law, statutory law, and constitutional law. Review and discussion of the major legal and regulatory issues affecting business including ethics, fiduciary duty, white collarcrime, dispute resolution, intellectual property, international, and product safety laws.


BUS 320Financial ManagementUNITS: 3 - Offered in Fall and Spring
Prerequisite: ACC 210 and EC 201 or ARE 201 or EC 205; College of Management Majors must have passed Software Applications Proficiency Requirement
Financial decision making by businesses, including capital structure and dividend decisions, capital budgeting and working capital management. Basic financial concepts such as risk and return measurement, portfolio theory and the Capital Asset Pricing Model.


BUS (CSC) 340Information Systems ManagementUNITS: 3 - Offered in Fall and Spring
Prerequisite: All students must have passed Software Applications Proficiency Requirement
Fundamentals of information systems development and use in organizational setting. Information systems (IS), concepts, hardware, software, telecommunications, database management. IS development, applications and management in telecommunications,database management, various business processes, global issues, security and ethical challenges.


BUS (ST) 350Economics and Business StatisticsUNITS: 3 - Offered in Fall Spring Summer
Prerequisite: MA 114; College of Management Majors must have passed Software Applications Proficiency Requirement
Introduction to statistics applied to management, accounting, and economic problems. Emphasis on statistical estimation, inference, simple and multiple regression, and analysis of variance. Use of computers to apply statistical methods to problemsencountered in management and economics.


BUS 360Marketing MethodsUNITS: 3 - Offered in Fall and Spring
Prerequisite: BUS 201, Sophomore standing, College of Management Majors must have passed Software Applications Proficiency Requirement
Examination of decisions affecting marketing of goods and services in consumer, industrial and international markets. Emphasis on the role of marketing in a managerial context. Areas studied include: the activities of marketing research, identification of marketing opportunities, and the development of marketing mix strategies including the decisions concerning pricing, distribution, promotion and product design.


BUS 370Operations ManagementUNITS: 3 - Offered in Fall and Spring
Concepts in planning, controlling, and managing the operations function of manufacturing and service firms. Topics include operations strategy, process choice decisions, forecasting, production planning and control, and trends in operations management. Common tools for informed decision-making in these areas.


BUS (PRT) 406Sports LawUNITS: 3 - Offered in Fall Only
Prerequisite: Junior standing
Fundamental principles of law, especially tort and contract law, applied to sports situations. Analysis of liability of sports personnel in various roles including participant, coach, promoter, trainer and official. Analysis of common law court decisions in sports contexts well as key state and federal statutory legislation such as civil rights and antitrust.


BUS 420Financial Management of CorporationsUNITS: 3 - Offered in Fall and Spring
Prerequisite: BUS 320, BUS(ST) 350
Advanced theory and practice of corporate financial management. Techniques for evaluating alternative investment, financing, capital structure, and dividend policy decisions. International aspects of corporate financial management. Use of personalcomputers in applying financial management theory to common financial problems.


BUS 422Investments and Portfolio ManagementUNITS: 3 - Offered in Fall and Spring
Prerequisite: BUS(ST) 350 or ST 311, and BUS 320
Analysis of the investment process, dichotomized into security analysis and portfolio management. Background information on financial assets, securities markets, and risk-return concepts. Analysis of valuation theory and techniques, modern portfoliotheory and portfolio performance.


BUS 425Advanced Personal Financial ManagementUNITS: 3 - Offered in Fall and Spring
Prerequisite: BUS 320
Detailed economic, financial and legal analysis of risk management, retirement planning, nontraditional investments, estate planning. Strong emphasis on professional financial planning for those interested in personal finance as a career. Directly applicable for needs of small business.


BUS 426International Financial ManagementUNITS: 3 - Offered in Spring Only
Prerequisite: BUS 320, BUS 350
Foreign exchange markets and their implications for direct and portfolio investment abroad. International capital markets. Multinational company exchange rate exposure measurement and management. Techniques and instruments of financing international trade and investment. Multinational capital budgeting and capital cost measurement. Techniques of international cash management. Credit for both BUS 426 and EC 449 not allowed.


BUS 440Database ManagementUNITS: 3
Prerequisite: BUS 340
The fundamentals of database management within business applications. Data structures, user requirements, structured query language, query by example, application development, user interface design.


BUS 441Business Data Communications and NetworkingUNITS: 3 - Offered in Fall and Spring
Prerequisite: BUS 340
The fundamentals of computer networking and the use of computer networks in business applications. Client-server networks, architecture, network hardware and software, key issues in network management, network security, and the fundamentals of datacommunications.


BUS 442Information Systems DevelopmentUNITS: 3 - Offered in Fall and Spring
Prerequisite: BUS 440
Concepts and skills necessary for developing information systems to aid in managerial decisions. Hands-on experience with development theory and concepts; objected-oriented design concepts, graphical user interface design concepts, algorithm designconcepts, and data structures.


BUS 443Decision Support SystemsUNITS: 3
Prerequisite: BUS 340
This is an introductory course in designing and building Decision Support Systmes (DSS) for business applications. The course is directed to business school students seeking a career with a company that is a user of technology or is a member of a technology driven industry.


BUS 444Systems Analysis and DesignUNITS: 3
Prerequisite: BUS 340
Overview of methodical approaches to developing information systems throughout the systems analysis, design and implementation processes. Topics include SDLC, project management, feasibility studies, requirements analysis, etc.


BUS 449Information Technology CapstoneUNITS: 3 - Offered in Spring Only
Corequisite: BUS 442
This is a completely project-oriented course. Students will work on real applications for national or local firm(s) to solve "live" IT problems. Students will work in teams to develop client deliverables and present their final work to an appropriate industry-based management team. Field trips and/or outside class activities (including client/consultant work) are a major part of this course. Students who are unable to participate in these types of events should not enroll in this course.


BUS 455Quantitative Methods for ManagementUNITS: 3 - Offered in Spring Only
Prerequisite: EC 201 or ARE 201, and BUS(ST) 350
Formulation and use of quantitative techniques for analyzing management problems. Linear programming, decision making under uncertainty and forecasting methods applied to problems in operations management, marketing, finance, human resource management, accounting, other areas. Use of computer software.


BUS 461Services MarketingUNITS: 3
Prerequisite: BUS 360
This course focuses on the unique challenges of managing services and delivering quality service to customers. The attraction, retention, and building of strong customer relationships through service quality and customer satisfaction is at the heart of the course content.


BUS 462Marketing ResearchUNITS: 3 - Offered in Fall and Spring
Prerequisite: BUS 360 and BUS(ST) 350
The use, collection, organization and analysis of information pertinent to marketing decisions. Use of qualitative and quantitative data in the solution of specific marketing problems.


BUS 464International MarketingUNITS: 3 - Offered in Spring Only
Prerequisite: BUS 360
Analysis of concepts, issues, and methods involved in marketing of products across national boundaries. Emphasis on distinctive opportunities and constraints in the international environment, international marketing strategies, and international marketing management techniques.


BUS 465Integrated Marketing Communications ManagementUNITS: 3 - Offered in Fall and Spring
Prerequisite: BUS 360
Development of marketing communication theory and exploration of integrated marketing communication (IMC) practice. Topics include: IMC planning, management and budgeting; IMC strategy development and execution; media strategy and research; advertising research; ethical and legal issues; creativity; IMC ideation, campaign development; and campaign presentation. This is partially web-based course.


BUS 466Personal SellingUNITS: 3 - Offered in Fall and Spring
Prerequisite: BUS 360
Careers and professionalism in business-to-business marketing. Buying behavior, selling process, and relationship marketing. Sales and self management.


BUS 467Product and Brand ManagementUNITS: 3
Prerequisite: BUS 360
Provides and in-depth understanding of marketing planning and implementation involved in product and brand management. The course places emphasis on developing specific marketing strategies to support the creation and launch of new products and to successfully manage existing products and brands.


BUS 468Marketing StrategyUNITS: 3
Prerequisite: BUS 360
This course is designed to build on the core marketing principles you learned in your introductory marketing course and to enhance your understanding of their strategic implications.


BUS 469Integrated Marketing Communication ProjectUNITS: 3 - Offered in Spring Only
Prerequisite: BUS 360 and either BUS 462 or BUS 465
Development of an Integrated Marketing Communications (IMC) project, including marketing research, marketing and IMC planning, media planning, budgeting, creative strategy development, creative production, plansbook writing and final competitive presentation to marketing communications professionals.


BUS 472Operations Planning and Control SystemsUNITS: 3 - Offered in Fall Only
Prerequisite: BUS 370
Design and management of operations planning and control systems for manufacturing and service firms. Forecasting, capacity management, production and work force scheduling, project management, just-in-time and time-based competition, the impact ofinformation technologies on planning and control systems.


BUS 473Supply Chain ManagementUNITS: 3 - Offered in Spring Only
Prerequisite: BUS 370
Purchasing, materials management, and logistics. Purchasing systems, supplier-based strategies, price-cost management, value analysis. Inventory strategies, quantity and quality decisions, materials planning. Logistics strategies for services and manufacturing.


BUS 474Logistics ManagementUNITS: 3 - Offered in Fall and Spring
Prerequisite: BUS 370
Management of physical flows of goods between firms, management of inventories that support those flows, and assessment of the effects of freight transportation choices on these management activities. A variety of conceptual frameworks and quantitative tools are used to formulate the basis for effective logistics decision making and relate those decisions to broader issues in managing the entire supply chain and fulfilling the strategic objectives of a firm. A nominal fee for simulation software may be required.


BUS 475Purchasing and Supply ManagementUNITS: 3
Prerequisite: BUS 370
This course is designed to help students develop knowledge of basic principles in purchasing and supply management. Students will be able to explain the potential contributions of these efforts of the competitiveness of the firm.


BUS 478Business Process ManagementUNITS: 3 - Offered in Fall Only
Prerequisite: BUS 370
Major tools, techniques, and strategies used for designing and improving business processes, including process mapping, process analysis, continuous process improvement tools and techniques, strategies for process design, and process reengineering.Major group project in process analysis and improvement.


BUS 479Supply Chain Management Undergraduate PracticumUNITS: 3
Prerequisite: BUS 370 and one 400-level Operations/Supply Chain Management course
This course is comprised of a team-based project working on a Supply Chain Resource Consortium (SCRC) partner company's supply chain management issues. These projects vary in scope as are company's supply chain issues and improvement initiatives.Student groups need to provide their own transportation to off-campus sites.


BUS 495Special Topics in Business ManagementUNITS: 1-6
Presentation of material not normally available in regular course offerings, or offering of new courses on a trial basis.


BUS 498Independent Study in Business ManagementUNITS: 1-6 - No Course Evaluation, Offered in Fall Spring Summer
Detailed investigation of topics of particular interest to advanced undergraduates under faculty direction on a tutorial basis. Credits and content determined by faculty member in consultation with Department Head.


BUS 501Legal and Regulatory Environment In ManagementUNITS: 2 - Offered in Fall and Spring
Prerequisite: Graduate standing
Major laws and regulations affecting business, including product liability, antidiscrimination, securities, antitrust, environmental and consumer protection. Philosophy of law, ethics, common law precedents, exposure to criminal, tort, agency and basic contract law. Intellectual property laws, international law applications.


BUS 504Technology, Law, and the InternetUNITS: 3 - Offered in Spring Only
Prerequisite: Graduate standing
Legal aspects of technology management. Examination of intellectural property law, mainly focused on software. Contract law for e-commerce as well as warranties and new product development. cyberlaw issues such as protection of privacy, freedom of expression, crime, and fraud.


BUS 510Managing the Digital EnterpriseUNITS: 3 - Offered in Fall and Spring
Prerequisite: Graduate standing
Principles of managing an enterprise in the realm of the Internet. Navigation, digital design, business models, acutions, security, privacy, and intellectual property.


BUS 511Networking Infrastructure for E-CommerceUNITS: 3 - Offered in Fall Only
Prerequisite: BUS 540
Network infrastructure necessary for electronic commerce, as well as general business needs. Network technologies, architectures, security and applications.


BUS (CSC) 516E-Commerce PracticumUNITS: 3
Prerequisite: BUS 510 and 511 or CSC 510 and 513
Semester-long team project to prototype a secure e-commerce system to address a real problem furnished by an organization. Students will be organized into teams including invididuals of varying backgrounds, majors and skill sets to cover both the business and technical aspects of the problem.


BUS 520Managerial FinanceUNITS: 3 - Offered in Fall and Spring
Prerequisite: ACC 580, BUS 500, ECG 507, ST 503
Investment and financing decisions by businesses with emphasis on technology-driven organizations in rapidly changing environments. Cash as the basis of asset valuation. Time value of money. Capital budgeting decisions under certainty and uncertainty. Capital market theory. Cost of capital. Capital structure theory and dividend policy. Cash management. Options and managerial implications. Derivatives and risk management.


BUS 522Portfolio and Capital Market TheoryUNITS: 3 - Offered in Fall Only
Prerequisite: BUS 520
Theory and practice of investment decision making for individual and institutional investors. Survey of investment opportunities and security markets. Theory of portfolio choice and asset pricing. Valuation of stocks, bonds and options. Fixed incomeportfolio management, market efficiency and evaluation of portfolio performance.


BUS 524Financial Markets and InstitutionsUNITS: 2 - Offered in Spring Only
Prerequisite: BUS 520
Survey of financial markets, financial institutions and financial instruments. Determination of interest rates. Money and capital market instruments, derivatives and their markets. International financial instruments and their markets. Determinationof exchange rates. Commercial banks and banking industry. Non-bank financial intermediaries. The Federal Reserve and monetary policy. Contemporary problems in financial markets and payments system.


BUS 526International FinanceUNITS: 3 - Offered in Fall Only
Prerequisite: BUS 520
Theory and practice of financial management in the international arena, including spot and forward markets for foreign exchange, currency futures and options contracts, international arbitrage conditions, foreign exchange exposure, foreign trade financing instruments, direct and portfolio investment abroad, and the role of country risk in determining investments.


BUS 527Corporate Risk mangement with DerivativesUNITS: 3 - Offered in Spring Only
Prerequisite: BUS 520
Risk management to maximize value of firm. The management of financial risk with emphasis on recognition of financial price risk and tools of risk management from business firm's perspective. Analysis of derivatives and their uses in risk management.


BUS 528Short-Term Capital ManagementUNITS: 2 - Offered in Spring Only
Prerequisite: BUS 520
Coverage of payments and cash management systems. Analysis of liquidity and short-term credit needs. Credit policy and management of accounts payable and accruals. Advances in inventory management.


BUS 529New Firm FinancingUNITS: 3 - Offered in Fall Only
Prerequisite: BUS 520
Survey of financial management problems at firms from initial formation to initial public offering. Financial components of business plan, design of financial information and control systems, sources of funds for small firms, financing rapid growth,firm valuation for initial public offerings, going public transactions.


BUS 532Strategic Human Resource ManagementUNITS: 2 - Offered in Fall and Spring
Prerequisite: BUS 530
Design and implementation of competitive human resource management systems. Impact of environmental trends. Job/work design. Performance management. Employee relations. Human resource planning and staffing. Training and development. Compensation andincentive systems.


BUS 533Leadership In ManagementUNITS: 3 - Offered in Fall and Spring
Prerequisite: BUS 530
Leadership of individuals, groups, and organizations. Motivation, conflict and negotiation, empowerment. Group dynamics and team building. General systems theory, sociotechnical systems, advanced organizational development topics.


BUS 541Strategic Information TechnologyUNITS: 3 - Offered in Fall Only
Prerequisite: BUS 540
Models, frameworks, and practice in applying information technology (IT) for competitive advantage. Strategic IT investment decisions, risk of project failure, and formal methods for analyzing and managing strategic IT applications.


BUS 543DataBase ManagementUNITS: 3
Prerequisite: BUS 540
Teaching students to design database applications for business enterprises. User requirements analysis, logical database design, physical database design, object orientation, client-server databases, data warehousing, enterprise resource planning, groupware and data-mining. Data definition and data manipulation languages for relational models. Hands on experience using Microsoft Access (or other DBMS). Cases providing implications of database technologies to organizations.


BUS 545Management Support SystemsUNITS: 2 - Offered in Spring Only
Prerequisite: BUS 541
Design, development and use of management support systems. Managerial issues surrounding decision support systems, group support systems, executive information systems, geographic information systems and expert systems. Conceptual foundations and applications.


BUS 546Analysis and Design of Management Support SystemsUNITS: 2 - Offered in Spring Only
Prerequisite: BUS 545
Concepts and methodologies for analysis and design of management support systems. Systems development methodologies, requirements analysis, project scope, project management, human interface issues and elements of system design. User-oriented approach.


BUS 547Management Support Systems ProjectUNITS: 2 - Offered in Spring Only
Prerequisite: BUS 546
System development strategies and methodologies. Construction of management support system. Prototyping orientation to systems development. User-oriented issues concerning project scope, value and design.


BUS 549Managerial Issues In Information SystemsUNITS: 2 - Offered in Spring Only
Prerequisite: BUS 541
Managerial implications of decisions about information technology. Assessment of strategic and competitive use of information technology. Critical success factors. Frameworks for effective organizational/technology relationships.


BUS 550Data Analysis & Forecasting Methods for ManagementUNITS: 3 - Offered in Fall Only
Prerequisite: ST 513
Role of quantitative modeling in management. Application of tools for data analysis and forecasting, with an emphasis on decision making and analytical skills.


BUS 562Research Methods In MarketingUNITS: 3 - Offered in Spring Only
Prerequisite: BUS(ST) 350, BUS 500
A systematic approach to structure, implementation and analysis of marketing research for decision making. Models of consumer demand and firm behavior analyzed in a marketing context.


BUS 564Project ManagementUNITS: 3 - Offered in Fall Only
Prerequisite: Graduate standing
Life cycle view of organizing and managing technical projects, including project selection, planning, and execution. Methods for managing and controlling project costs, schedules, and scope. techniques for assessing project risk. Use of popular project management software tools. Application of project management tools and methods to product development, software, and process reengineering projects.


BUS 565Product Design and DevelopmentUNITS: 4 - Offered in Fall Only
Prerequisite: Graduate standing
Total product realization process, including customer needs analysis, product design and engineering, manufacturability assessment and marketing plan development. Definition of relevant market, design and engineering principles, financial considerations and manufacturing aspects of product development process. Application and integration of business, design and engineering methodologies, concepts and tools on actual product design and development project.


BUS 572Planning and Control SystemsUNITS: 3 - Offered in Fall Only
Prerequisite: BUS 570
Design and management of planning and control systems within the organization and across the supply chain. Business planning, master production scheduling, material requirements planning, just-in-time and theory of constraints. Enterprise resourceplanning (ERP) and business-to-business (B2B) systems. Impact of information technologies on planning and control systems. Major project using state-of-the-art ERP system.


BUS 573Supply Chain ManagementUNITS: 3 - Offered in Spring Only
Prerequisite: BUS 520, 570
Major themes and strategies of supply chain management, including strategy development, system design, structure, capacity and management of an integrated supply chain. system commonality of sourcing, logistics and operations that combine to form an integrated supply chain. Supply chain simulation and commodity strategy development exercises.


BUS 576Technology Evaluation and Commercialization ConceptsUNITS: 3 - Offered in Spring Only
Prerequisite: Graduate standing
Commercialization potential of new technologies, products and processes. Marketing, organizational, financial, operational and manufacturing issues. Strategic assessment and planning. Innovation management. Entrepreneurial transfer mechanisms including spinoffs, licensing and high-technology start-ups. Practical application with project and team management skills development.


BUS (MSE) 577Technology Evaluation and StrategyUNITS: 3 - Offered in Fall and Spring
Prerequisite: BUS 576
Theoretical and practical team-based application of systematic evaluation techniques for assessing commercial potential of technologies, products and processes. Prioritization and selection based on technology strategy.


BUS 578Implementing Technology Commercialization StrategiesUNITS: 3 - Offered in Fall and Spring
Prerequisite: BUS 576,577
Development of strategies to commercialize technology based on prioritized assessments. Investigation of various commercialization approaches. Business plan development. Practical application of technology management skills to actual cases with commercial potential.


BUS 579EntrepreneurshipUNITS: 3 - Offered in Summer
Prerequisite: Graduate standing
Elements and application of the entrepreneurial process. entrepreneurship, business and strategies, structuring and financing a venture, managing growth and risk, plan.


BUS (TTM) 585Market Research In TextilesUNITS: 3
Prerequisite: TAM (EC) 482
A study and analysis of quantitative methods employed in market research in the textile industry. Function of market research and its proper orientation to management and decision making.


BUS 590Special Topics In Business ManagementUNITS: 1-6 - Offered in Fall Spring Summer
Presentation of material not normally available in regular courses offerings or offering of new courses on a trial basis.


BUS 610SP Topics Bus Mgmt


BUS 630Independent Study In Business ManagementUNITS: 1-6 - Offered in Fall Spring Summer
Detailed investigation of topics of particular interest to graduate students under faculty direction on a tutorial basis. Determination of credits and content by faculty member in consultation with department head.


BUS 688Non-Thesis Masters Continuous Registration - Half Time RegistrationUNITS: 1 - Offered in Fall Spring Summer
Prerequisite: Master's student
For students in non-thesis master's programs who have completed all credit hour requirements for their degree but need to maintain half-time continuous registration to complete incomplete grades, projects, final master's exam, etc.


BUS 689Non-Thesis Master Continuous Registration - Full Time RegistrationUNITS: 3 - Offered in Fall Spring Summer
Prerequisite: Master's student
For students in non-thesis master's programs who have completed all credit hour requirements for their degree but need to maintain full-time continuous registration to complete incomplete grades, projects, final master's exam, etc. Students may register for this course a maximum of one semester.