Business Administration (Completion Degree)

Business economic theories are covered including supply/demand curve, prices, production, and efficient resource allocation. Macroeconomic theories that impact the business environment are also discussed, including determinants of output, the unemployment rate, and the inflation rate in the short run, and those about the rate of economic growth in the long run.

This course teaches students how to improve business efficiencies and competitive positioning through effective technology and information management. Students will explore information technology as corporate assets, and how information technology is reshaping organization structures and work processes to support effective managerial decision making.

The purpose of this course is to develop student skills in applying theories and concepts of organizational behavior to enable the student to identify and resolve behavioral issues within global organizations. Topics include factors affecting individual and group motivation in the workplace, development of effective groups and teams, organizational cultures, ethical issues in organizational behavior, as well as organizational behavior issues in global organizations.

Enterprises attempt to fulfill their missions in a complex world of regulations, changing consumer demographics and expectations, and fierce worldwide competition for both customers and resources. Businesses must optimize their operations to meet the demand of a complex marketplace. In this course, students learn about the stages of business operations, opportunities for improving processes, and the tools and techniques that are available to analyze operations.

This course in human resource management examines the role and functions of both members and leaders within an organization. Exposure to areas critical to modern day leadership includes counseling, training and development, recruiting, retention, compensation, and diversity in the workplace. Role-playing and class discussion is encouraged to stimulate intellectual growth and human resource management awareness.

This course will examine international business as a system and the concepts and theories that underly it. Topics include production, operations, marketing, financial, legal systems and their impact on the global and local business environments, and national governmental and international institutional controls and constraints, which impact the environment in which the system operates.

This course introduces students to corporate finance theory and the necessary skills to guide the financial manager in making asset management, valuation, and financing decisions. Topics include time value of money, stock and bond valuation, risk and return (CAPM), capital budgeting, financial planning, etc.

The modern-day business environment is rapidly changing and highly technical. This course will explore methods for managers to lead organizations through change and innovation. Students will study the change cycle and business failure. Topics include the need for change, legal and regulatory issues impacting the business environment, change for the sake of competitive advantage, innovation and technological change, and the leadership necessary for business stability and sustainability.

This course is an examination of strategic management concepts. Students will study the strategic planning process, which includes creating goals, making decisions, taking actions, and analyzing results. The benefits of strategic planning will be identified and distinguished from operational planning. Through discussions, exercises and assignments, students will practice using analytical tools to critically assess an organization's internal and external environments, competitive opportunities, and threats. Students will be expected to recommend an appropriate organizational strategy, while at the same time critically analyzing other strategic approaches.

This course covers in depth exploration of financial accounting concepts including GAAP and IFRS, accounting cycle, revenue recognition, and other complex business transactions that impact financial statements. Upon completion of this course, students will be able to apply the accounting cycle to analyze the organization's performance.

This course explores in depth managerial accounting concepts including GAAP and IFRS, financial statements, and other complex business transactions that impact financial statements. Topics include investments, current liabilities and contingencies, bonds and long-term notes, leases, taxes, pensions, shareholder's equity, revenues, and cash flow. Upon completion of this course, students will be able to conduct internal business analysis to support the organization's performance.

This course explores the managerial accounting and cost management practices that can be strategically applied across the various functions of a business organization to improve organizational performance. The course emphasizes the methods available to measure and evaluate business objectives through using financial data and financial information. Topics include data analysis for profit making, ethics, cost behavior, cost planning and control, costing methods, and inventory evaluation. Upon completion of the course, the student will understand essential management tools for managing risk, implementing strategy through planning, budgeting and forecasting, and decision support.

This course explores the issues that affect the taxation of businesses operations. Topics include foundation of taxation, including types of taxes, structure of the income tax, taxpayers, and general concepts of income and deduction; business income and expenses; taxation of property transactions; and overview of corporations, S corporations, partnerships, and entity choice; with emphasis on budget planning and capital growth projections. Upon completion of this course, students will be able to apply the United States tax law standards to identify a potential issue or solve a business taxation problem.

This course explores auditing theory and practice, emphasizing audit standards, audit evidence, internal controls, auditors' reports and professional ethics, sampling, accountants' liability, and audit programs. The emphasis of this course is on conceptual, theoretical, and practical aspects of auditing financial statements. Upon completion of this course, students will be able to apply professional auditing standards and appropriate audit and other procedures to auditing, assurance and attestation engagements.

Practical experience is an important characteristic of employment within the thriving business sector. Students will apply their knowledge, skills, and tools for solving real-world business problems. Students will present their results for students and faculty to review.

Marketing has evolved as rapidly as technological changes and companies wanting to stay competitive must adapt their strategy to the digital environment. Essential marketing principles and strategy are under transformation and evolution. This course teaches related techniques for reaching online consumers across multiple devices including desktop and mobile are covered. Topics include digital marketing's transformative impact on traditional marketing practices and examines digital segmentation, digital marketing around the globe, digital divide, digital privacy, and digital analytics.

Integrated Marketing Communications explores planning and evaluating marketing communications for products and services, especially in the digital environment. Topics include the communication process, perspectives on consumer behavior, promotional budgeting, digital media planning, and ethics in marketing.

Data on consumer buying habits in the digital age is everywhere from buyer-loyalty programs to online shopping carts, to buyer-initiated online reviews. Companies that can manage their big data and create robust marketing strategies will be able to retain competitive advantage. Topics include buying, browsing and other relevant behavioral patterns of customers to predict their next moves.

Students will learn how to create traditional advertising and promotions from television, radio, magazines, newspapers, fliers, and outdoor to modern advertising to modern forms of advertising such as social media, blogs, and videos to strategically position a product or service to meet the organization’s marketing objectives.

Building on previous analytics and marketing strategy courses, this course focuses exclusively on the big data that results from effective marketing strategy. This course is the practical application of data and teaches students how to analyze and visualize data for effective marketing decision making.

Practical experience is an important characteristic of employment within the thriving business sector. Students will apply their knowledge, skills, and tools for solving real-world business problems. Students will present their results for students and faculty to review.

This course introduces students to strategies related to human resource training and development. Students will learn the practical skills related to designing, implementing, and evaluating effective training programs to maximize productivity across the organization. This course will also cover topics related to diversity and career challenges.

This course explores the fundamental legal principles with specialized topics relevant to the field of human resources. Such topics include employee relations, dispute resolution, and workplace safety (OSHA). Students will gain an understanding of the legal framework that governs employment relationships and learn different strategies for implementing human resource-related legal issues effectively.

Business strategy and execution relies heavily on acquiring appropriate talent. This course will explore effective methods of sourcing positions and hiring employees to drive business outcomes. Topics include analysis of retention and attrition, effective recruiting, talent pipeline creation, aligning HR with business strategy, and analyzing market conditions for strategic business positioning.

Compensation and benefits management are critical to employee retention and business strategy. This course will explore topics in compensation including system design, employee performance systems and measures, intrinsic and extrinsic rewards, employee satisfaction, benefits, and employee incentive programs.

Today's businesses need to be agile and flexible to meet the ongoing technological and human capital demands. This course will explore effective strategies for businesses to plan for staffing to succeed in this ever-changing business climate. Topics include analyzing organizational readiness, organizational staffing strategy, environmental scanning, and data analysis for effective planning.

Practical experience is an important characteristic of employment within the thriving business sector. Students will apply their knowledge, skills, and tools for solving real-world business problems. Students will present their results for students and faculty to review.

This upper-division course for research and writing prepares students with the ability to propose solutions to problems they encounter in their communities. This course focuses on the key skills of academic research and cohesively writing about them. Students use independent research to analyze a topic and formulate a position or thesis.

This course introduces students to the study of political science. This course explores systems, rules, public policy, public interest, and power. Individuals, groups, institutions, and governments are all examined through the lens of politics and political systems.

Communication ethics covers an introduction to the ethical nature of communication as it relates to evolving systems of communication, public discourse, and intercultural dynamics. Topics for this course will include systems of ethical reasoning and how to effectively address current issues in various fields of the communication discipline.

This course is an introduction to mathematical probability theory and statistical inference. This course balances both theory and application using both scientific and quantitative reasoning. Students will apply mathematical and scientific concepts and reasoning, and analyze, interpret, and present various types of data.

A course covering the history of environmental concerns and how species interact with their environment. Topics include environmental history, sustainability, ecosystems, and human population change.