Courses

    Department consent and departmental form required. Prerequisites: Restricted to Business (BUSN) majors only.
    Student training and participation in government or industry environment under faculty supervision. Instructor consent required. Prerequisites: Requires prerequsite courses of BADM 1000, 1020, 2000 and 2400 (all minimum grade D-). Restricted to students with 57-180 credits (Juniors or Seniors).
    Part one of a year-long course based on an interactive model that brings in high-level executives to share their experiences and evaluate student prepared responses to an ethical dilemma. Prerequisites: Requires a prerequisite or corequisite course of BCOR 3010 (minimum grade D-). Restricted to students with 52 or more hours.
    Analyzes the structure, markets, and regulations of financial institutions. Studies problems and policies of internal management of funds, loan practices and procedures, investment behavior, deposit and capital adequacy, liquidity, and solvency. Prerequisites: Requires prerequisite course of FNCE 3010 (minimum grade D-). Restricted to Business majors with 52-180 units completed.
    Building upon the legal concepts and issues introduced in REAL 3000, the course provides a deeper study of the laws and legal issues impacting and governing real property rights and interests including the acquisition, ownership, possession, use and transfer of real property. Incorporates both a lecture and case study approach fostering regular classroom discussions. Prerequisites: Requires prerequisite course of REAL 3000 (minimum grade D-). Restricted to Business (BUSN) majors with 52-180 units completed.
    Learn how to prepare a comprehensive strategy for launching a new business, professional development skills, and the role of business in society. The vehicle for achieving these objectives is the preparation of a business plan based on an opportunity that students have selected. Prerequisites: Requires prerequisite courses of BUSM 2001, 2002 and 3001 or 3002 or 3003 (all minimum grade D-). Restricted to non-business majors only.
    Part two of a year-long course based on an interactive model that brings in high-level executives to share their experiences and evaluate student prepared responses to an ethical dilemma. Prerequisites: Requires a prerequisite or corequisite course of BCOR 3010 (minimum grade D-). Restricted to students with 52 or more hours.
    Explores business opportunities to meet the needs of those living at the base of the economic pyramid. By partnering with organizations such as the Peace Corps and businesses with a social mission, students will learn how business (for-profit, social business, NGOs, social entrepreneurs, etc.) can meet the needs of the poor and operate sustainably. Prerequisites: Requires a prerequisite or corequisite course of BCOR 3010 (minimum grade D-). 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 links the financial markets with entrepreneurship to create a platform that facilitates financial inclusion to the poor. In a semester long project, students build a hypothetical financial institution that provides access to credit, saving, insurance and other services to a segmented poor population. CESR 4010 and FNCE 4832 are the same course. Prerequisites: Requires prerequisite courses of BCOR 1010, 1020, 2000, 2200, 2300, 2400, 2500, 3000 and 3010 (all minimum grade D-). Restricted to Business (BUSN) majors with 90-180 units completed.
    Explores developments in such areas as employee relations law and procedures, employee and employer rights, worker involvement programs, environmental safety and health, and the effects of technology on emerging organization forms. Prerequisites: Requires prerequisite course of BCOR 2300 (minimum grade D-). Restricted to Business (BUSN) majors with 52-180 units completed.
    Allows students the opportunity to practice conducting job analyses and then use this information to develop employee selection and performance appraisal systems. Provides thorough coverage of employers' equal employment opportunity and affirmative action obligations, as well as various approaches to gender, cultural, and ethnic diversity. Prerequisites: Requires prerequisite course of BCOR 2300 (minimum grade D-). Restricted to Business (BUSN) majors with 52-180 units completed.
    Develops modern portfolio theory and applies it to pricing both individual assets and portfolios of assets. Topics include Markowitz portfolio selection model, capital asset pricing model, arbitrage pricing theory, bonds, portfolio performance measurement, and issues of market efficiency. Prerequisites: Requires prerequisite course of FNCE 3010 (minimum grade D-). Restricted to Business majors with 52-180 units completed.
    Examines theories of work motivation and relates themto the strategic use of compensation and other reward systems. Topics include procedures for managing base pay; linking pay incentives to productivity at the individual, group, and organizational levels; developing cost-effective programs of employee benefits; and the use of nonfinancial reward systems. Prerequisites: Requires prerequisite course of BCOR 2150 or 2300 (minimum grade D-). Restricted to Business (BUSN) majors with 52-180 units completed.
    Develops the modern theory of contingent claims in a mathematical framework oriented toward applications. Examines how to use derivatives for risk management and to tailor portfolio payoffs. Provides an in-depth analysis of the properties of options. Prerequisites: Requires prerequisite course of FNCE 3010 (minimum grade D-). Restricted to Business majors with 52-180 units completed.
    Explores how to determine where an organization needs to focus its development efforts, how to develop and deliver an effective training program, and how to evaluate the impact of development programs on organizational effectiveness. Explores individual, team, and organization-wide development, including such topics as skills training, team building, and managing change. Prerequisites: Requires prerequisite course of BCOR 2150 or 2300 (minimum grade D-). Restricted to Business (BUSN) majors with 52-180 units completed.
    Focuses on capital budgeting and investment issues. Emphasizes issues relating to cash flows, capital rationing, the investment versus financing decision, leasing, fluctuating rates of output, investment timing, capital budgeting under uncertainty, and investment decisions with additional information. Prerequisites: Requires prerequisite course of FNCE 3010 (minimum grade D-). Restricted to Business (BUSN) majors with 52-180 units completed.

    Presents new subject matter in finance. The summer offering is the London Seminar in International Finance and Business. Department enforced prerequisite will vary depending on class offering; see advising office.

    Examines the economics of financial markets and the management of financial institutions, both domestic and international. Topics include an overview of U.S. and international financial markets, pricing and risk factors, interest rates, markets for securities and financial services, and markets for derivative financial instruments. For students planning to take FNCE 4000 and FNCE 4070, it is recommended that FNCE 4070 precede rather than follow FNCE 4000. Formerly FNCE 3020. Prerequisites: Requires prerequisite course of BCOR 2200 (minimum grade D-). Restricted to Business majors with 52-180 units completed.
    Although some companies are very successful in discovering and cultivating innovative technology-enabled business strategies, many fail in the process. Combines theories and frameworks with practical approaches to provide students with the skills required to help companies identify business opportunities, find appropriate information related technologies, and lead adoption efforts to success. Prerequisites: Requires prerequisite courses of BCOR 2200 or 2300 (minimum grade D-). Restricted to Business majors with 52-180 units completed.
    Requires non-business students to engage in a rigorous, thoughtful and challenging process essential to planning a new venture. Using their own concept, students will develop a strategy to start and grow a venture. Communicating the plan is an essential element of this course and students will learn when and how to write a plan and make effective presentations. Prerequisites: Restricted to non-Business majors with 60-180 units completed.
    Covers: 1) traditional and alternative financing of residential and commercial real estate; 2) pro forma cash flows and valuation of income generating properties; 3) real estate decisions of non-real estate corporations; and 4) mortgage backed securities and real estate investment trusts (REITs). Prerequisites: Requires prerequisite course of REAL 3000 (minimum grade D-). Restricted to Business (BUSN) majors with 52-180 units completed.
    Explores the key issues related to the design and management of supply chains. Covers the efficient integration of suppliers, production facilities, warehouses, and stores so that the right products in the right quantity reach customers at the right time. Focuses on the minimization of the total supply chair cost subject to service requirements imposed by a variety of industries. Formerly SYST 4050, OPIM 4050. Prerequisites: Requires prerequisite course of BCOR 2500 (minimum grade D-). Restricted to Business (BUSN) majors with 52-180 units completed.
    Continuation of BCORr 3000. Covers sales and lease transactions, negotiable instruments, creditor rights and bankruptcy, secured transactions, agency, business organizations, protection of property, and other advanced topics in legal and regulatory environments. BCOR 3000 and BSLW 4120/5120 together cover the business law topics tested on the CPA exam. Same as BSLW 5120. Prerequisites: Requires prerequisite course of BCOR 3000 (minimum grade D-). Restricted to Business (BUSN) majors with 52-180 units completed.
    Covers the concepts and tools to design and manage business processes. Emphasizes modeling an analysis, information technology support for process activities, and management of process flows. Graphical simulation software is used to create dynamic models of business processes and predict the effect of changes. Prepares students for a strong management or consulting career path in business processes. MGMT 4120 and 5120 are the same course. Formerly SYST 4060, OPIM 4060. Prerequisites: Requires prerequisite course of BCOR 2500 (minimum grade D-). Restricted to Business (BUSN) majors with 52-180 units completed.
    Operational sustainability is not just an obligation, as set of strategies or a niche market to explore, but a critical shift in mindset of how businesses function. Sustainable operations examines business strategies in response to environmental and social challenges. The course takes a pragmatic business perspective on improving operations across the supply chain. Grounded in resource efficiency, life-cycle thinking and a dose of investigative skepticism, the course assists students to thoroughly understand the scope of costs, benefits and risks associated with driving businesses toward sustainable operations. MGMT 4130 and CESR 4130 are the same course. Prerequisites: Requires prerequisite courses of BCOR 2500 and BCOR 3010. Restricted to students with 60-180 units completed.

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