100 Approaches to the College of Business Administration (1) Integration into the College of Business Administration with emphasis on academic advising, major exploration, career planning, university resources and services, and reinforcement of academic survival skills such as time management and study skills.
Grading Restriction: Satisfactory/No Credit grading only.
Credit Restriction: Students may not receive credit for both Business Administration 100 and First Year Studies 101.
201 Business Functions (4) Understanding how business works through application and integration of fundamental business functions. Includes aspects of marketing, finance, logistics, operations, organizational behavior, and information management.
(RE) Prerequisite(s): Accounting 200 and Economics 201.
(RE) Corequisite(s): Statistics 201 or Statistics 207.
207 Honors: Business Functions (4) Understanding how business works through application and integration of fundamental business functions. Includes aspects of marketing, finance, logistics, operations, organizational behavior, and information management.
(RE) Prerequisite(s): Accounting 207 and Economics 207.
(RE) Corequisite(s): Statistics 207.
Comment(s): Admission to the College of Business Administration’s Global Leadership Scholars Program is required.
217 Leadership Seminar: Approaches (1) Introduction to approaches and frameworks of leadership within the business context.
Grading Restriction: Satisfactory/No Credit grading only.
Comment(s): Admission to the College of Business Administration’s Global Leadership Scholars Program is required.
317 Leadership Seminar: Thesis Preparation (2) Approaches to contemporary business research design: literature review, research methodologies, measurement, data analysis, and interpretation.
(RE) Prerequisite(s): 217.
Comment(s): Admission to the College of Business Administration’s Global Leadership Scholars Program is required.
320 Business Career Planning and Placement (1) Exploration of career opportunities in business. Process of making the career decision, preparing for and conducting a job campaign, and using the placement office.
Grading Restriction: Satisfactory/No Credit grading only.
331 CBM I: Supply Chain Management (2) Coordinating the end-to-end relationships between supply chain members from inputs to delivery of product/services. Understanding impact of demand and supply information flows across the supply chain. Emphasis on integrating activities through improved processes and relationships to achieve and maintain competitive advantage.
(RE) Prerequisite(s): 201.
(RE) Corequisite(s): 332.
Registration Restriction(s): Majors in the College of Business Administration.
332 CBM I: Demand Management (2) Analysis of current and future markets opportunities. Translation of identified opportunities into strategies to select, acquire, and retain customers that are consistent with overall organizational objectives. Includes design, execution, and evaluation of strategies from the perspective of an organization within a channel of distribution context.
(RE) Prerequisite(s): 201.
(RE) Corequisite(s): 331.
Registration Restriction(s): Majors in the College of Business Administration.
341 CBM II: Lean Operations (2) Design of the product delivery system in manufacturing and service operations. The dynamics of the supply chain. Managing flows in manufacturing and service processes. Specific techniques for designing process design, such as pull replenishment, cellular layout, standard work, and mixed model sequencing.
(RE) Prerequisite(s): 201.
(RE) Corequisite(s): 342.
Registration Restriction(s): Majors in the College of Business Administration.
342 CBM II: Information Management (2) Emphasis on the concepts, structure, components (input, processes, output, feedback, and control) of information systems, and database design and management. Includes the role, function, and integration of information systems and technology into business activities.
(RE) Prerequisite(s): 201.
(RE) Corequisite(s): 341.
Registration Restriction(s): Majors in the College of Business Administration.
353 CBM III: Integrated Process Management (3) Behavioral processes in organizations with an emphasis on team dynamics and decision making within the contextual framework of integrated business process management.
(RE) Prerequisite(s): 331 and 341.
(RE) Corequisite(s): 361 and Finance 301.
Registration Restriction(s): Majors in the College of Business Administration.
357 Honors: CBM III: Integrated Process Management (3) Behavioral processes in organizations with an emphasis on team dynamics and decision making within the contextual framework of integrated business process management.
(RE) Prerequisite(s): 331 and 341.
(RE) Corequisite(s): 361 and Finance 307.
Comment(s): Admission to the College of Business Administration’s Global Leadership Scholars Program is required.
361 The Firm in a Global Context (3) Domestic and international factors that impact the decision-making process of the firm – domestic and international macroeconomics, regulation, trade policy, technological change, institutional, and cultural systems. Emphasis on relationship between theoretical models and actual problems encountered in the conduct of business.
(RE) Prerequisite(s): 201.
Registration Restriction(s): Majors in the College of Business Administration.
400 Special Topics (1-9) Topics of current interest in international business. Topics announced prior to offering.
Repeatability: May be repeated if topic is different. Maximum 9 hours.
(RE) Prerequisite(s): 361.
Registration Restriction(s): Majors in the College of Business Administration.
401 Peer Mentor Techniques (1) Training of upper-class students as mentors and advisors for freshmen. Includes cognitive and developmental theories of the college-age student, teaching and learning styles, group communication and listening techniques, and mentoring and advising skills.
Registration Restriction(s): Majors in the College of Business Administration.
Registration Permission: Consent of Instructor.
402 Peer Mentor Practicum (1) Peer mentoring of first year students.
Grading Restriction: Satisfactory/No Credit grading only.
Repeatability: May be repeated. Maximum 3 hours.
(RE) Prerequisite(s): 401.
Registration Restriction: Majors in the College of Business Administration.
Registration Permission: Consent of instructor.
410 Leadership Perspectives (3) A holistic approach to the development of personal and professional leadership skills. Topics include: organizational culture within differing institutional frameworks, models of leadership, individual motivation, mentorship, effective and artful communication, opportunity identification.
Registration Restriction(s): Minimum student level – junior.
417 Leadership Seminar: Applications (2) Approaches to leading and leadership development through interaction with current industry leaders from multiple business and community environments.
(RE) Prerequisite(s): 317.
Comment(s): Admission to the College of Business Administration’s Global Leadership Scholars Program is required.
427 Leadership Seminar: Capstone (2) Application of leadership concepts and methodologies in business and community environments.
(RE) Prerequisite(s): 417.
Comment(s): Admission to the College of Business Administration’s Global Leadership Scholars Program is required.
467 Honors: Corporate Executive in Residence Seminar (3) Interaction with top corporate executives from a wide spectrum of business disciplines. Domestic and international strategic planning as it is applied in major U.S. corporations. Executive presentations and small group discussion on goods and services in consumer and industrial settings.
Recommended Background: Business Administration 332 and Finance 301.
Registration Restriction(s): Majors in the College of Business Administration; minimum student level – senior.
Registration Permission: Consent of instructor.
491 Foreign Study (1-15)
Repeatability: May be repeated. Maximum 15 hours.
Registration Restriction(s): Majors in the College of Business Administration.
Registration Permission: Consent of instructor.
492 Off-Campus Study (1-15)
Grading Restriction: Satisfactory/No Credit grading only.
Repeatability: May be repeated. Maximum 15 hours.
Registration Restriction(s): Majors in the College of Business Administration.
Registration Permission: Consent of instructor.
493 Independent Study (1-15)
Repeatability: May be repeated. Maximum 15 hours.
Registration Restriction(s): Majors in the College of Business Administration.
Registration Permission: Consent of instructor.
497 Honors Thesis (3) Supervised thesis research.
(RE) Prerequisite(s): 317.
Comment(s): Admission to the College of Business Administration’s Global Leadership Scholars Program is required.