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BUS 302 Internship Preparation

Prepares students with tools and skills needed to attain an internship, including a job search plan, mock interview practice, refined resumes/cover letters/Linkedln, evaluating job offers, professional communications, and networking with professionals and employers. Part of the Pamplin Professional Preparation Program (P4), this course readies students for an impactful internship experience. Course is graded P/NP. Junior status. Fee: $45

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Prerequisites

BUS 202 and School of Business students only

Corequisites

BUS 397

BUS 304 Math for Business Analytics III

Reviews advanced mathematical concepts used in Economics, Finance, and Operations & Technology Management. Emphasizes understanding and using sequences and series, derivatives and integrals, linear algebra, and recurrence relations, and their interpretation and applications in business and prescriptive and predictive analytics, including unconstrained and constrained optimization and probability.

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Prerequisites

MTH 121 or MTH 201, and BUS 204

BUS 310 Intermediate Financial Accounting I

Examines theoretical issues involving the valuing, classifying, recording, and reporting of accounting transactions related to asset and revenue recognition. Includes the analysis of financial statements, in particular the statement of financial position, statement of profit and loss and statement of comprehensive income. 

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Prerequisites

BUS 210, or BUS 209 and instructor permission

BUS 311 Intermediate Financial Accounting II

Examines theoretical issues involving the valuing, classifying, recording, and reporting of accounting transactions related to liabilities and equity. Includes the analysis of financial statements, in particular the statement of financial position, the statement of changes in stockholders' equity, the statement of cash flows, and the related footnotes.

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Prerequisites

BUS 310

BUS 312 Cost Accounting

Develops analytical skills used in cost and managerial accounting that are used for internal decision-making as distinct from external financial accounting. Topics include: cost terms and purposes, cost-volume profit analysis, job costing, process costing, activity based costing, budgeting, variance analysis and other relevant information for decision making.

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Prerequisites

BUS 210

BUS 330 Managerial Finance

Considers the function of finance in relation to the overall strategy of an organization. Provides a conceptual and theoretical treatment to key corporate financial activities, including investing, financing, distribution, and risk-management. Extends core concepts relating to valuation, risk assessment, and capital structure. Fee $125

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Prerequisites

BUS 205

BUS 332 Personal Financial Planning for Non-Business Majors

This course provides information and financial tools to empower students to make good financial decisions. We will cover developing a personal financial plan, the importance of good credit and debt management (including student loans and credit cards), compound interest, investing, taxes, retirement planning, and stewardship.

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BUS 354 Decision Modeling Lab

This optional lab serves as a complement to BUS 355. The lab time is used to clarify student questions, help students with Excel and statistical analysis software skills required to be successful in business, and provide feedback concerning assignments. There will not be any additional graded topics covered in the lab beyond those covered in BUS 355.

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Corequisites

BUS 355

BUS 355 Decision Modeling and Analytics

Develops understanding of analytics-based decision making by considering problems in accounting, finance, human resources, marketing, operations, and strategic business management. Examines the impact of uncertainty on business results and the tools and methods useful in making business decisions under uncertainty and constraints. Stresses use of Microsoft Excel and statistical software in business analysis.

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Prerequisites

MTH 161 or EGR 361; BUS 255 Recommended

BUS 356 Database Management

Examines how data management supports & enables business processes/objectives. Focuses on analysis of business processes, data structure, design & implementation of database systems using the relational, non-relational, star schema data models. Covers database skills such as entity relationship model, normalization, data warehouse & database systems skills, structured query language using MySQL, data warehouse with PowerPivot & NoSQL.

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Prerequisites

BUS 255 recommended; BUS 355; BUS 361 strongly recommended

BUS 360 Cross Cultural Organizational Behavior and Ethics

Course will prepare students to work with people from other cultures, both domestically and abroad, which is vital given today’s global economy and diverse work force. Students will gain greater understanding of the role of culture in organizational behavior; develop facility in applying frameworks for ethical decision-making & understand the role of corporate social responsibility. Junior status.

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Prerequisites

PHL 220

BUS 361 Foundations of Operations Management

Focuses on the essential elements of Operations Management. Covers a diverse set of quantitative methods used in managing technology and operations such as queuing, quality management, inventory management, and scheduling. Provides students with a practical understanding of basic concepts related to the effective management of manufacturing and service operations.

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Prerequisites

BUS 355

BUS 362 Foundations of Operations Management Lab

This optional lab serves as a complement to BUS 361. The lab time is used to clarify student questions, help students with Excel and statistical analysis software skills required to be successful in business, and provide feedback concerning assignments. There will not be any additional graded topics covered in the lab beyond those covered in BUS 361.

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Corequisites

BUS 361

BUS 364 Innovation

Examines the key elements of creativity and innovation and managing innovation from both individual/team and organizational perspectives. Positions successful innovation outcomes as contributing to a firm's competitive advantage. Explores innovation as a creative problem-solving capability that is applied to a wide variety of market opportunities and social/institutional challenges.

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BUS 365 Accounting Information Systems

Examines accounting information systems and internal control environments.  Course content includes understanding enterprise risk management and internal control frameworks, understanding and documenting transaction cycles, and evaluating the design, implementation and controls of accounting information systems. Junior status.

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Prerequisites

BUS 210 and BUS 255

BUS 367 Essentials of Taxation

Provides students with the tax knowledge and skills used by accountants in the workplace, including understanding the impact of the federal income tax on individuals and business entities for investing and business decision-making. Topics include tax law, tax compliance, tax research, and tax planning.    

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Prerequisites

BUS 209

BUS 371 Consumer Behavior

Provides an in-depth examination of the internal mental processes and external factors that shape consumers' responses to marketing strategies, purchase decisions, and product usage behavior. Emphasizes application of core concepts to marketing decisions. Junior status.

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Prerequisites

BUS 200

BUS 376 Marketing for Sustainability

Explores the roles of marketing in a sustainable society. Sustainable marketing has two imperatives: 1) to conduct itself in a way that advances an organization's economic success while creating a positive impact on society and the environment, and 2) to help bring about a society that values and practices social and environmental sustainability in all its behaviors. Junior status.

3

Prerequisites

BUS 200

BUS 385 Entrepreneurship Opportunity Assessment

Experience the entrepreneurial process. The course covers creating stand-alone new ventures as well as new business creation in established firms. Students are provided a hands-on opportunity to discover, develop, test, and present a financially viable and technically feasible new venture. Includes in-depth development of business plan and presentation to a panel of experts. Junior status.

3

Prerequisites

BUS 364

BUS 391 One Time Course Offering

In the semesters in which offered, varying subject matter as business faculty deems appropriate for needs of the student in meeting the objectives of the undergraduate business program.

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BUS 397 Professional Development Internship

Students must complete an approved internship to complete this course. Students will receive an In Progress (IP) grade until the completion of their internship and approval of final internship paper and evaluation. Course is graded P/NP.

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Prerequisites

School of Business students only

Corequisites

BUS 302