Courses

Offered irregularly to provide opportunity for investigation of new frontiers in Marketing. Requires prerequisite courses of MKTG 3250 and 3350. Restricted to students with 57-180 credits (Junior or Senior). Prerequisites: Requires prerequisite courses of MKTG 3250 and 3350. Restricted to students with 57-180 credits (Junior or Senior).

Offered irregularly to provide opportunity for investigation of new frontiers in Real Estate. Restricted to juniors/seniors.

See the future through the eyes of entrepreneurs who are addressing global and social environmental problems such as poverty and deforestation. Can the social ventures they create to solve these problems survive over time and will they achieve the impact they seek? We will meet some of these social entrepreneurs and, in teams, write case studies to tell their stories. Restricted to non-Business majors with 60-180 units completed. CESR 4826 and ESBM 4826 are the same course. Prerequisites: Restricted to non-Business majors with 60-180 units completed.

See the future through the eyes of entrepreneurs who are addressing global and social environmental problems such as poverty and deforestation. Can the social ventures they create to solve these problems survive over time and will they achieve the impact they seek? We will meet some of these social entrepreneurs and, in teams, write case studies to tell their stories. Restricted to non-Business majors with 60-180 units completed. CESR 4826 and ESBM 4826 are the same course. Prerequisites: Restricted to non-Business majors with 60-180 units completed.

Explores the growing global trend of companies to measure, disclose and report for socially responsible initiatives. Integrated reporting combines financial, environmental, social and governance information into a single report. Current practices in sustainability and integrated reporting in the US and across the world will be examined/learned through case studies, guest speakers, current literature and projects. Can be taken concurrenlty with BCOR 3010 and ACCT 3220. Same as CESR 4827. Prerequisites: Requires pre-req course of BCOR 2000 and 2200. Restricted to students with 57-180 credits (Juniors or Seniors).

Explores the growing global trend of companies to measure, disclose and report for socially responsible initiatives. Integrated reporting combines financial, environmental, social and governance information into a single report. Current practices in sustainability and integrated reporting in the US and across the world will be examined/learned through case studies, guest speakers, current literature and projects. Can be taken concurrenlty with BCOR 3010 and ACCT 3220. Same as ACCT 4827. Prerequisites: Requires pre-req course of BCOR 2000 and 2200. Restricted to students with 57-180 credits (Juniors or Seniors).

Various topics in business and society drawing from a variety of business disciplines. Restricted to junior/senior BU majors. Prerequisites: Restricted to College of Business majors only.

Work as part of a small team, with the focus on the process of creating a plan from the business concept and model through all of the elements of a professionally written business plan document. Prereqs., ESBM 3700 and 4570. Same as EMEN 4825. Prerequisites: Restricted to Business majors with 52-180 units completed.

Introduces the student to a career in investment banking and provides specific modeling skills necessary and important during the first phase of such a career. Prereq., BCOR 2200. Recommended prereq., FNCE 3010. Restricted to students with 52 hours completed. Prerequisites: Requires pre-requisite course of BCOR 2200. Restricted to Business majors with 52-180 units completed.

The purpose of this course is for students to understand the investment management profession. The course is designed to be a blend of theory and practice. Extends the basic principles of security analysis, asset pricing theory, portfolio construction, and portfolio performance evaluation. Students will apply these principles in determining, over the semester, how to manage the CU investment fund. Prereqs., BCOR 2000, 2300, and FNCE 3010. Prerequisites: Restricted to Business majors with 52-180 units completed.

In the last two decades, microfinance initiatives have provided the primary worldwide impetus to promote economic independence for the poor (1.4 billion). Microfinance seminar links the financial markets with entrepreneurship to create a platform for building a microfinance institution that facilitates financial inclusion to the poor. The students in a semester long project build a hypothetical financial institution that provides access to credit, saving, insurance and more to a segmented poor population, somewhere in the world including the U.S. CESR 4010 and FNCE 4832 are the same course. Prerequisites: Requires pre-requisite course of BCOR 2200. Restricted to Business majors with 90-180 units completed.

This seminar examines the nature of accounting theory and practice from perspectives of economics, law, globalization, accounting, ethics, and moral reasoning. This course also explores issues including implications of institutional factors, such as Sarbanes-Oxley, SEC, FASB, IFRS, and capital markets. Prereqs., ACCT 3230, one 4000-level ACCT course. Restricted to 102 hours completed and to graduating senior ACCT majors. Formerly BCOR 4001. Prerequisites: Restricted to Accounting majors with 102-180 units completed.

Develops analytical and decision making skills necessary to address real-world business finance situations. Topics include financial analysis and forecasting, capital budgeting, valuation, capital structure policy, international finance, and financial ethics. Uses a combination of lecture and cases; team and individual work. Prereqs., ACCT 3220, FNCE 3010, 4030, and 102 hours completed. Restricted to graduating senior FNCE majors. Formerly BCOR 4002. Prerequisites: Requires pre-requisite course of FNCE 3010. Restricted to Finance majors with 102 to 180 units completed.

Covers the issues and challenges of running a firm in a competitive environment. It integrates and builds upon coursework in other functional areas. Discusses principles, frameworks, and techniques that helps understand how to analyze the competitive environment; firm sources of competitive advantage; competitive dynamics; and, specific types of strategies to promote firm performance. Focuses on specific company examples. Prereqs., BCOR 2300, 2500, MGMT 3030. Restricted to students with 102-180 units completed. Formerly MGMT 4000. Prerequisites: Restricted to students with 102-180 units completed.

Capstone marketing course that integrates and further develops what students have learned in other courses. Provides students with the insight and skills necessary to formulate and implement sound socially responsible marketing strategies, product line management strategies, promotional and product/service communication strategies, pricing, and distribution strategies. Prereqs., MKTG 3250, 3350, two additional 4000-level MKTG courses from either MKTG 4250, 4300 or 4550 with the third serving as a co-requisite, and 102 hours completed. Restricted to graduating MKTG majors. Formerly BCOR 4004. Prerequisites: Requires pre-requisite courses of MKTG 3250 and 3350 and either MKTG 4250 or 4300 or 4550. Restricted to MKTG Majors with 102 to 180 units completed.

Requires prior consent of dean and instructor under whose direction study is taken. Intended only for exceptionally well-qualified business seniors. Departmental form required.

Complete projects in preselected entrepreneurial companies. Prereq., instructor consent.

Intended only for exceptionally well qualified business seniors. Prereq., prior consent of dean andinstructor under whose direction study is taken, and departmental form.

Prereq., instructor consent. Departmental form required.

Intended only for exceptionally well qualified business seniors. Departmental form required. Prereq., dean and instructor consent.

Intended only for exceptionally well qualified business seniors. Instructor and division chair consent required.

Intended for exceptionally well-qualified business seniors who desire to study an advanced topic. Must be in Real Estate Certificate Program. Prereq., dean and instructor consent.

Offers students the opportunity to gain professional work experience in an accounting position while still in school. Provides academically relevant work experience that complements students' studies and enhances their career potential. Prereqs., BCOR 2000 and ACCT 4440 or ACCT 5440. Prerequisites: Restricted to Business majors with 52-180 units completed.

Offers students the opportunity to gain professional work experience in a management position while still in school. Provides academically relevant work experience that complements students' studies and enhances their career potential. Includes 100 hours per credit and a course paper. Instructor consent is required. Pass/Fail grading only. Restricted to students with 52-180 units completed. Prereq., BCOR 2500. Formerly SYST 4910, OPIM 4910. Prerequisites: Restricted to students with 52-180 units completed.