Courses

Provides an overview of how business works through the application and integration of the fundamental business functions of accounting, finance, management, marketing, and systems. Weekly discussion of current events will focus on entrepreneurship, international business, business and society, and career topics. Restricted to freshmen business majors. Prerequisites: Restricted to Business majors with less than 53 units.

Covers descriptive statistics, basic probability theory, statistical inference and hypothesis testing, correlation and simple linear regression analysis. Students learn decision making and solving business problems by using data. Uses statistical features of commonly used business spreadsheet software. Formerly BCOR 2010. Credit not granted for this course and MATH 2510. Prerequisites: Requires pre-requisite course of MATH 1071 or ECON 1078 or MATH 1001 or MATH 1011 or MATH 1150 or MATH 1300 or MATH 3130 or APPM 3310 or APPM 2360 or APPM 2380. Restricted to Business, ADVT or IAFS Majors only.

Builds a basic understanding of how information regarding a firm's resources and obligations is conveyed to decision makers both outside and within the firm. Prerequisites: Requires pre-requisite course of BCOR 1020 or MATH 2510 or ECON 3818 or APPM 3570 or 4570 or CHEN 3010 or CVEN 3227 or IPHY 2800 or MATH 4510 or PSCI 2075 or PSYC 3101. Restricted to majors in Business, SPPR-PRO, IAFS, or students with WBE subplan.

Emphasizes the concepts and skills needed to make sound financial decisions. Topics include financial statement analysis, time value of money, interest rates, bond valuation and bond markets, stock valuation and stock markets, cost of capital and capital structure, capital budgeting, financial forecasting, and working capital management. Formerly BCOR 2100. Prerequisites: Requires pre-req course of BCOR1020 or MATH2510 or ECON3818 or APPM3570 or 4570 or CHEN3010 or CVEN3227 or IPHY2800 or MATH4510 or PSCI2075 or PSYC3101 and BCOR2000. Restricted to Bus., IAFS majors, students w/WBE subplan and 26-180 units completed.

Focuses on how modern business firms compete in the global marketplace by adding value. Examines the value-chain of a firm and how firms use people, organizations, operations, and information systems to compete and win in world markets. Also covers contemporary issues such as total quality management, process reengineering, teams and team building, employee empowerment, and horizontal organizations. Prereq., BCOR 1010. Restricted to Business, SPPR-PRO majors, or students with a subplan of WBE only and 26-180 units completed. Formerly BCOR 2150. Prerequisites: Restricted to Business majors, SPPR-PRO majors, or students with a subplan of WBE only and 26-180 units completed.

Examines how activities in organizations provide value to the purchasers of its products and services. Includes gathering information about consumers and competitors through research and information systems, applying knowledge and technology to the design of products and services, communicating information to consumers and organizational units, and pricingand distributing products and services. Also includes issues in global marketing, ethics and diversity, relationship marketing, and integrating marketing with financial analyses. Prerequisites: Requires pre-req course of BCOR1020 or MATH2510 or ECON3818 or APPM3570 or 4570 or CHEN3010 or CVEN3227 or IPHY2800 or MATH4510 or PSCI2075 or PSYC3101. Restricted to Bus., SPPR-PRO, IAFS, or ADVT majors, students w/WBE subplan and 26-180 units.

Takes a systems perspective in exploring the use of information, processes, and models used by businesses to produce goods and services and to effectively manage accounting, finance, human resources, strategy, supply chains/inventory, and other activities in a business. Focuses on making better business decisions faster through better business intelligence by using the right information, at the right time, provided to the right managers. Prerequisites: Requires pre-requisite course of BCOR 1020 or MATH 2510 or ECON 3818 or APPM 3570 or 4570 or CHEN 3010 or CVEN 3227 or IPHY 2800 or MATH 4510 or PSCI 2075 or PSYC 3101. Restricted to Business majors with 13-180 units completed.

Surveys major topics and case studies in business law, business ethics, and government policy. Business law topics include the American legal system, constitutional law, common law, contract principles, criminal and tort law, intellectual property, employment law, and personal and real property law. Ethics topics include the philosophy of law, legal versus moral issues, and professional responsibility. Public policy topics include the roles of business and government, types of government intervention, and the nature and theory of governmental policy formulation. Prerequisites: Restricted to Business majors, Spanish (SPPR) majors, students with a subplan of WBE, and 52-180 units completed.

Explores alternative views of the role of business inour global society through detailed case analyses, beginning with the free market view. This is a cross-functional area course that helps students to isolate and articulate their personal values that will shape business conduct. Emphasizes individual and organizational responsibility for business behavior in the broader social context. Prerequisites: Requires pre-requisite courses of BCOR 2000, 2200, 2300, 2400 & 2500. Restricted to Business majors with 60-180 units completed.