Business Courses
BUA 110 Principles of Management – 3 credits
An introduction to the functions and responsibilities of business management. This course examines the fundamentals of management and explores why management is needed in today’s complex business world. It explores the traditional functions of planning, controlling and organizing and pays special attention to organizational structures, leadership, and motivation. An excellent course for both business and non-business majors, it requires no prerequisites
BUA 204 Business Communications - 3 credits
This course focuses on the close connection between all levels of professional communication and written documents. Special emphasis is placed on the creation and development of all forms of written communications, including email, memos, reports and proposals, and close attention is paid to the amenities of good English syntax as it impacts effective professional communication. This course also explores the newest and latest changes in professional communications such as social media, instant messaging and texting and how they fit into today’s professional environment. This course includes oral and written presentations in a professional setting, applicable to all majors.
Prerequisite: WRI 100 or HON 110, Sophomore standing.
BUA 205 Business Enterprise Systems- 3 credits (cross-listed as ACC 205)
This course introduces the framework for establishing and controlling financial information systems through the use of journals, ledgers, trial balances, and financial statements. Using flowcharting techniques, students will appreciate how transactions affect an organization, and recognize when management or ethical issues surface. All major business processes are considered including sales, purchases, asset management, inventory, and payroll. In addition, the growth of so-called, “Big Data”, and data analytics is discussed and their concepts developed.
Prerequisites: ACC 102
BUA 211 Introduction to Health Care Systems - 3 credits
An in-depth overview and analysis of American Health Care and medical delivery systems. Cultural, political, economic and environmental factors that affect health care delivery will be explored from historic and contemporary perspectives. Specific forces influencing health care delivery including reimbursement, labor shortages, the impact of health maintenance organizations, aging population and access to health care will be discussed. Emphasis is placed on the way health care is reimbursed in the U.S. and the history of for-profit, not-for-profit and entitlement programs. A look at structure, access, organization and functions will provide the student with an introduction to the complexity and unique elements of health care systems.
BUA 216 Personal Finance - 3 credits
Personal Financial Planning gives an overview of the fundamental concepts and practices of financial management and planning for the individual. Specific topics include budgeting, goal-setting with controls, asset management, tax planning, use of credit, home ownership, savings, and portfolios.
BUA 219 Quantitative Methods for Business and Economics - 3 credits
Designed to meet the needs of the student pursuing a career in business, economics, or the social sciences, the course includes the mathematical logic and tools that assist problem-solving and decision-making processes. Topics based on algebraic and statistical concepts include linear and non-linear graphic analysis, regression mathematics and interpretation data analytics, short-term forecasting formulas, optimization models, decision tree probability, payoff tables, , and simulation. Basic and advanced Microsoft Excel skills (2007/ 2015), the most recognized set required in employment positions, will be taught to build, execute and interpret these problem-solving models.
Prerequisites: ACC 102, ECO 101 or 102, and MAT 110.
BUA 220 Human Resource Management - 3 credits
Human Resources Management provides an introduction to human resource management in public and private organizations, including job classification and pay; recruitment, selection and development of employees; performance evaluation; and labor management relations. By the end of the course, the student will gain an understanding of Human Resource Management as an essential aspect of the overall management of any organization and will be able to describe and discuss the role of the human resource manager in helping to meet organizational objectives.
BUA 221 Business Law - 3 credits
Business relationships are largely based upon contractual agreements. This course provides an introduction to the legal system as it effects business, the nature and meaning of law, sources of law, legal process and institutions. Students examine the legal environment of business, along with the individual’s rights and responsibilities in a free society. Particular emphasis is placed on contracts, at common law and under the Uniform Commercial Code, and the exploration of how these principles apply to modern life both in and out of the business setting. Pre-requisities BUA 110 or ECO 100 with Sophmore standing
BUA 239 Employment Law 3 - credits
Managing within the law requires students to understand the interrelationships between the various federal and state laws and regulations affecting employment relationships and management’s human resource policies and practices. This course provides students with the foundations necessary to foster a healthy, productive and lawful work environment. Experiential exercises reinforce an understanding of the application of law to employment situations and advocacy issues in employment discrimination cases.
BUA 240 International Business - 3 credits
A course which examines the global business arena with a focus on cultural differences, theories of international trade and investment, functions of foreign exchange and monetary systems, and the process of strategic and operational decisions. Students broaden their perspective by discussing international cases as well as current trends and issues. Prerequisites: ECO 101, MRK 230.
BUA 250 Principles of Finance - 3 credits (cross- listed as ACC 250)
An examination of the theories that explain financial decision-making. This course considers decisions made by managers to obtain, manage, and invest funds for the operation of the organization. Topics include the time value of money, financial markets and institutions, financial instruments and their valuation, financial planning, ratio analysis, working capital management and capital budgeting.
Prerequisites: BUA 219, ECO 101 and ECO 102.
BUA 258 Health Care Management - 3 credits
An in-depth look at health care delivery systems with emphasis on administrative and management functions, terminology, accreditation, human resources management, medical staff relationships and the many operational aspects of health care management. Special emphasis is given to the topics of the covered lives, access to care, financing health care in other countries, quality improvement, marketing and corporate compliance.
BUA 281 Professional Ethics (cross-listed as ACC 281) - 4 credits
An examination of how ethical and moral considerations interact with the role of business and its search for legitimacy within our society. Professionals must identify various organization stakeholders, recognize the conflicting demands that emanate from each, and develop management behaviors, policies and practices that are acceptable to as many as possible. Students engage in understanding the societal, organizational, and institutional pressures on enterprises and their employees when making decisions. Changing ethical and moral standards as businesses transcend political, regulatory, and cultural boundaries in the global marketplace merit attention. Real-life and hypothetical case study situations are used to enhance the classroom experience. Prerequisites: BUA 110 or Eco 100, Sophomore standing.
BUA 282 Professional Ethics (cross-listed as ACC 282) - 3 credits
An examination of how ethical and moral considerations interact with the role of business and its search for legitimacy within our society. Professionals must identify various organization stakeholders, recognize the conflicting demands that emanate from each, and develop management behaviors, policies and practices that are acceptable to as many as possible. Students engage in understanding the societal, organizational, and institutional pressures on enterprises and their employees when making decisions. Changing ethical and moral standards as businesses transcend political, regulatory, and cultural boundaries in the global marketplace merit attention. Real-life and hypothetical case study situations are used to enhance the classroom experience. This course fulfills the SAGE Ethics Requirement (SER) designation.
Prerequisites: BUA 110 or ECO 100, Sophomore standing.
BUA 320 Attracting, Selecting and Retaining Talent - 3 credits
Staffing Organizations – Attracting, Selecting, Retaining provides a follow-up and more detailed discussions and case studies to human resource management in public and private organizations as it pertains to the process of obtaining employees, training them, and ultimately keeping (retaining) them.
Staffing Organizations is based on a comprehensive staffing model. Components of the model include staffing models and strategy, staffing support systems (legal compliance, planning, job analysis and rewards), core staffing systems (recruitment, selection, employment), and staffing system and retention management. Up-to-date research and business practices are the hallmarks of this market leading program. In-depth applications (cases and exercises) at the end of chapters provide students with skill-building and practice in key staffing activities and decision-making. Students also have the opportunity to address ethical issues at the end of each chapter.
BUA 325 Compensation Management - 3 credits
Compensation Management provides an introduction to this critical area of human resource management: Compensation represents both the intrinsic and extrinsic rewards employees receive for performing their jobs. Together, both intrinsic and extrinsic compensation describes a company’s total compensation level. Intrinsic compensation reflects employee’s psychological mind sets that result from performing their job. Extrinsic compensation included both monetary and non-monetary rewards. By the end of the course, the student will gain an understanding of HR Compensation Management as an essential aspect of the overall management of any organization and will be able to describe and discuss the role of the human resource manager in helping to meet organizational objectives.
BUA 328 Power, Influence, and Negotiation - 3 credits
An examination of how influence, power and organizational politics are related to effective negotiation and development of leadership style. Experiential exercises facilitate learned application of strategy. This course is intended for those who want to challenge themselves to explore their potential to stimulate innovation and creativity in others.
Prerequisites: Sophomore standing.
BUA 329 Organizational Behavior - 3 credits
This course is a study of psychological concepts and methods applied to the workplace. Topics include: personnel selection and legal issues, training and performance evaluation, leadership, worker motivation and satisfaction, workplace communications and group behavior, organizational climate, culture and behavior, and workplace stress.
Prerequisite: Junior standing.
BUA 335 Retail Management - 3 credits
Students will examine the retail business process and understand the components of developing and maintaining a retail operation. The course includes the fundamentals needed to analyze the daily business practices of a retail establishment and apply solutions based on sound management theory and practical experience.
Prerequisite: MRK 230.
BUA 340 Health Care Finance - 3 credits
Introduces the student to current performance measurement, budgeting and reimbursement processes in health care organizations. Topics include financial statements, the prospective payment system, managed care, utilization management and other sources of health care revenue and cost management. The course discusses cost/benefit analysis, capital financing, risk management and performance indicators pertinent to the health care industry.
Prerequisite: BUA 258.
BUA 341 Health Care Practice Management- 3 credits
This course introduces management competencies and highly recommended capabilities for individuals in small, medium, or large practices and service lines. A summary of the following concepts will be introduced, explored, and developed for individual student benefit: professionalism, management, communication, organization, analytical skills, and technical knowledge. Practice management/service line leadership principles and concepts from the professional literature and information related to specific competencies will serve as resources for operations issues in practice management, human resources, governance, financial management, and information management.
BUA 345 Operations and Supply Chain Management - 3 credits
A survey course of the analysis, decisions, and actions necessary to operate efficient and effective organizations. Considered are topics in forecasting, capacity planning, scheduling, dispatching, inventory control, projects, process design, facility design, and quality control. Students are asked to integrate the functions of marketing, finance, and organizational behavior to understand how products or services move from conception to delivery.
Prerequisites: BUA 250, BUA 329. Junior Standing.
BUA 350 Leadership - 3 credits
Encouraging and achieving change in organizations and communities is the focus of this course. On a foundation of theoretical and applied concepts in leadership, students will undertake projects that develop the ability to create authentic visions and sustainable, cooperative responses to issues and opportunities. Simultaneously, students are asked to confront the challenge of moral leadership through an assessment of examples where individuals must make choices with significant ethical implications. Prerequisites: ACC 101, ECO 101, PSY 100.
BUA 351 Industry Analysis & Strategy- 3 credits
This required course is the first of two that consider the development and the execution of business strategy. Starting from the premise that business strategy is a holistic process that combines all business functions, as well as the internal and external environment of an organization, students will learn the process of strategy, its underlying theory, and the key decisions that must be made to integrate an organization’s capabilities and gain competitive advantage. Students will use representative case studies to analyze, discuss, and recommend strategic behavior. The course prepares students for Innovation and Entrepreneurship, which requires the development and defense of a comprehensive business plan.
Prerequisites: BUA 345, BUA 204, BUA 250,MRK 230. Senior Standing
BUA 352 Innovation and Entrepreneurship- 3 credits
This required course is the second of two that consider the development and the execution of business strategy. Starting from the premise that business strategy is a holistic process that combines all business functions, as well as the internal and external environment of an organization, students will apply the process of strategy, its underlying theory, and the key decisions that must be made to integrate an organization’s capabilities and gain competitive advantage. Students will explore the realms of innovation and entrepreneurship, apply industry analysis and strategic planning tools learned in BUA 351, and create a business plan.
Prerequisite: BUA 351
BUA 160, 260, or 360 Special Topics - 1-3 credits
This course is an exploration of specialized topics not among the traditional course offerings. This course may be repeated for credit as topics change
