Applied Business Administration Accelerated Bachelor's Degree

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• General Studies courses (30 credits)

  General Studies courses provide a broad academic foundation in communication, mathematics, science, social sciences, the humanities, and other areas of study. Students must complete at least 30 credit hours that include coursework in English language arts, mathematics, science, and social studies, along with coursework in fine arts and health and wellness.

  Required General Studies courses include:

  • ECO 203 Principles of Microeconomics (3 credits) for CAT 8 
    In this course the principal microeconomic market model of supply and demand will be studied. Additional topics introduced to add to our understanding of the basic model will include resource allocation concepts, production and cost theory, consumer theory and market structure conditions
  • ECO 202 Principles of Macroeconomics  (3 credits) for CAT 10
    In this course the principal macroeconomic measurements of national production, unemployment and inflation will be introduced. Theories of how these measures interact and how they are influenced by activity in households, businesses, the Federal Government, and the Federal Reserve System, as well as the impact of international trade, will also be studied.

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• Business Administration foundation (15 credits)
  • BUS 208 Business Communications (3 credits) - Development of critical communication skills used in business and industry. Emphasis on assisting Business students to become more effective and efficient writers. Includes instructions, reports, memos, and letters. Prerequisite: ENG 102
     
  • BUS 222 Business Law I (3 credits) - Introduction to the study of law, the law of contracts, agency and employment, negotiable instruments, personal property and bailments, and the laws governing the sale of goods.
     
  • BUS 226 Business Statistics (3 credits) - A study of the following statistical tools as applied to the business and economic milieu: collection and presentation of data, distributional measurements, probability and sampling, statistical inferences, linear regression and correlation, analysis of variance, and selected nonparametric statistics. Prerequisite: MAT 105 or General Studies Math requirement.
     
  • BUS 240 Accounting (3 credits) - A study of the role of accounting in the business environment. Emphasis is on applying basic terminology, concepts, processes, and outputs of the modern accounting system; development of an understanding of the nature and purpose of the major financial statements; and development of the ability to evaluate financial accounting information in problem-solving and decision making.
     
  • BUS 241 Accounting II (3 credits) - Continuation of BUS 240. Emphasis is on further study of items reported within major financial statements and development of the ability to evaluate managerial accounting information in problem-solving and decision making. Prerequisite: BUS 240
• Business core courses (24 credits)
  • BUS 260 Management Theory and Practice (3 credits)
    Develops the management art and science of planning, organizing, actuating, and controlling through people to make ideas materialize within economic constraints of a business enterprise. Develops ability to construct policy, to make scientifically-sound decisions within that policy, and to establish ethical procedures to insure organized productive effort to intended objectives. Develops a management attitude, outlook, and ability.
     
  • BUS 262 International Business (3 credits)
    Survey of the problems and opportunities involved in conducting business operations across national boundaries. Analysis of the concepts, tools, institutions, and environmental factors controlling international flows of money, personnel, information, goods and services.
     
  • BUS 270 Principles of Marketing (3 credits)
    This course facilitates students in conquering the essential concepts of product, price, promotion, distribution, segmentation, ethics, and social responsibility, while addressing the evolving digital and social media influences. The fundamentals will be stressed allowing for useful decision processes by managers while encouraging the development of the marketing specialist as one of the key decision makers in a firm. Marketing is critical to implementing strategy, gain competitive advantages, and ensuring positive organizational results.
     
  • BUS 322 Managerial Finance (3 credits)
    A study of the financial function within a business enterprise. Areas addressed include financial analysis, working capital management, capital budgeting, sources and forms of long-term financing, financial structure, and cost of capital. Prerequisites: BUS 226, and BUS 241 or BUS 142.
     
  • BUS 352 Operations and Supply Chain Management (3 credits)
    Successfully managing operations is vital to the long-term viability of every type of organization. This course provides a broad overview of issues in operations and supply chain management emphasizing a strategic orientation toward design and improvement issues. Specific topics include competitiveness; operations strategy; quality management; statistical process control; design of products, services, processes, and facilities; forecasting; supply chain management; logistics; project management; inventory management; lean production; and scheduling.
     
  • BUS 408 Business Ethics (3 credits)
    This course will examine theoretical structures that shape or influence Western thought and review specific professional codes of ethics relevant to business majors. Students will learn a decision-making framework for examining and articulating well-reasoned positions on ethical issues in business.
     
  • BUS 418 Legal Environment of Business (3 credits)
    This course focuses on public, administrative, and regulatory law, and the relationship of business to the legal structure. Topics include employee and consumer protection, environmental regulation, labor law, monopolies, price-fixing, and the regulation of domestic and international trade.
     
  • BUS 420 Strategic Management (3 credits)
    Involves analysis of cases in which knowledge from basic courses in marketing, accounting, finance, management, and economics is integrated and applied. Demonstrated interrelationship between the functions of business, complexities of business problems, and strategic management models are addressed. Prerequisites: BUS 270 Principles of Marketing, BUS 322 Managerial Finance, and BUS 352 Operations and Supply Chain Management
• Focus area requirement (18 credits)
  • BUS 350 Managing Organizational Behavior (3 credits)
    This course prepares students to lead and manage organizations in a highly competitive environment. Students will understand and identify methods for improving and maintaining aspects of individual and organizational performance. The course includes an examination of management and the applied behavioral sciences; organizational goals, training and performance; organizational culture; motivation and behavior; building effective relationships; planning and implementing change; leadership strategies; and integrating situational leadership.
     
  • BUS 366 Management Science (3 credits)
    Application of quantitative and analytical approaches to management problems within a theoretical framework and behavioral background developed. Prerequisites: BUS 226 and admission to the business administration program.
     
  • BUS 367 Foundations of Human Resource Management (3 credits)
    This course identifies the foundations of human resources in an organizational setting. The course introduces students to the history of human resource management and its role and provides an overview of human resource management including workforce planning and employment; employee recruitment, selection, orientation, performance appraisals; human resource development; job analysis and design; compensation and benefits; employee relations; and Human Resource Information Systems (HRIS).
     
  • CIS 477 Project Management (3 credits)
    This course introduces the management of projects. Emphasis is placed on both the technical aspects of the project management process and the management of the human behavioral/situational aspects of projects. The nature of projects is explored. The techniques and tools of project management are introduced. Operational, tactical, and strategic implications of project management approaches are considered. The use of current project management software is incorporated. Students are also provided with an understanding of the many environmental and behavioral issues surrounding project management, and approaches to dealing with these issues. Dual-listed: CIS 577
     
  • BUS 485 Introduction to Predictive Analytics (3 credits)
    This course introduces an analytical toolset to address modern, data-intensive business problems. The course provides an overview of the key concepts, applications, processes, and techniques relevant to business analytics. The course is intended to provide tools for business applications using data, databases, and reports from analytic models. It covers the basic fundamentals of data analysis and inferential statistics as well as predictive modeling techniques, including linear regression, logistic regression, and decision trees. Prerequisite: Admission to the business administration program. Dual-listed: BUS 585
     

  Select one (1) of the following, 3 credit hours

  • BUS 384 Principles of Purchasing and Supply Management (3 credits)
    Sourcing strategies, concepts, tools, and dynamics in the context of the integrated supply chain. Topics include making or buy decisions, supplier evaluation and selection, global sourcing, the total cost of ownership, contracts, and legal terms, negotiations, purchasing ethics, and information systems. Prerequisite: Admission to the business administration program.
     
  • ECO 305 Economics for Managers (3 credits)
    The application of economic concepts to decision-making problems faced by managers in private or public sector organizations. The strategic nature of pricing and output decisions is explored in the context of product demand, production and cost, market structure conditions, and public policy. Prerequisite: ECO 203
• Upper-level elective (3 credits)

  Choose one upper-level elective (3 credits). Options may include the following courses:

  • BUS 324 Intermediate Managerial Finance
  • BUS 325 Principles of Insurance
  • BUS 327 Principles of Real Estate
  • BUS 340 Internal Financial Reporting
  • BUS 342 Accounting Information Systems
  • BUS 343 Managerial Accounting
  • BUS 344 Financial Accounting and Analysis
  • BUS 347 Intermediate Accounting I
  • BUS 356 Conflict Management
  • BUS 357 Negotiations
  • BUS 372 Selling and Sales Management
  • BUS 373 Marketing with Social Media
  • BUS 383 Principles of Transportation
  • BUS 384 Principles of Purchasing and Supply Management
  • BUS 424 Investments
  • BUS 427 Bank Management
  • BUS 432 Agricultural Marketing and Pricing
  • BUS 435 Student to Business Consulting
  • BUS 437 Fraud Examination and Forensic Accounting
  • BUS 445 Federal Tax Accounting I
  • BUS 452 Human Resource Development
  • BUS 453 Workforce Planning and Employment
  • BUS 454 Total Compensation
  • BUS 455 Employment Law and Labor Relations
  • BUS 456 Strategic Human Resource Management
  • BUS 457 Topics in Globalization
  • BUS 471 Principles of Supervision
  • BUS 475 Consumer Purchasing and Motivation
  • BUS 476 Omnichannel Retailing Management
  • BUS 486 Seminar in Supply Chain Management
  • ECO 301 Applied Economic Analysis
  • ECO 305 Economics for Managers
  • ECO 310 Money and Banking
  • ECO 320 Labor Economics
  • ECO 345 Engineering Economics
  • ECO 365 Economics of Agriculture
  • ECO 375 Natural Resource Economics
  • ECO 430 International Economics