Courses

    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 concurrently with BCOR 3010 and ACCT 3220. Same as ACCT 4827. Prerequisites: Requires prerequisite courses of BCOR 2000 and 2200 (all minimum grade D-). Restricted to students with 57-180 credits (Juniors or Seniors).
    Explores the complexity of corporate boards and the need for values-driven leadership. Students will consider several corporate governance topics including: financial strategy, international challenges, ethics, corporate social responsibility, board composition, compensation, and crisis management. Throughout the course, students will evaluate their own leadership and decision making abilities as they work together in student-run boards to address issues presented in a variety of case studies. Same as MGMT 4828. Prerequisites: Requires prerequsite courses of BCOR 2300 and 3010 (all minimum grade D-). Restricted to Business (BUSN) majors with 52-180 units completed.
    Explores the complexity of corporate boards and the need for values-driven leadership. Students will consider several corporate governance topics including: financial strategy, international challenges, ethics, corporate social responsibility, board composition, compensation, and crisis management. Throughout the course, students will evaluate their own leadership and decision making abilities as they work together in student-run boards to address issues presented in a variety of case studies. Same as CESR 4828. Prerequisites: Requires prerequisite courses of BCOR 2300 and 3010 (all minimum grade D-). Restricted to Business (BUSN) majors with 52-180 units completed.
    Various topics in business and society drawing from a variety of business disciplines. Prerequisites: Restricted to Business (BUSN) 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. Same as EMEN 4825. Prerequisites: Requires prerequisite courses of ESBM 3700 and 4570 (minimum grade D-). Restricted to Business (BUSN) 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. Recommended prereq., FNCE 3010. Prerequisites: Requires prerequisite course of BCOR 2200 (minimum grade D-). 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. Prerequisites: Requires prerequsite courses of BCOR 2000, 2300 and FNCE 3010 (all minimum grade D-). Restricted to Business (BUSN) 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.
    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. Department enforeced prereq., one 4000-level ACCT course. Prerequisites: Requires prerequisite course of ACCT 3230 or ACCT 3225 (minimum grade D-). Restricted to Accounting (ACCT) 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. Formerly BCOR 4002. Prerequisites: Requires prerequisite courses of FNCE 3010 and FNCE 4030 and ACCT 3220 (all minimum grade D-). Restricted to senior Finance (FNCE) 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. Formerly MGMT 4000. Prerequisites: Requires prerequisite courses of BCOR 2300, BCOR 2500, and MGMT 3030 (all minimum grade D-). 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. Formerly BCOR 4004. Prerequisites: Requires prerequisite courses of MKTG 4250 and MKTG 4300; or MKTG 4250 and MKTG 4550; or MKTG 4300 and MKTG 4550 (all minimum grade D-). Restricted to senior Marketing (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.

    Intended only for exceptionally well qualified business juniors and seniors. Departmental form required. Prereq., dean and instructor consent. Prerequisites: Restricted to students with 57-180 credits (Juniors or Seniors).

    Complete projects in preselected entrepreneurial companies. Department consent required.

    Intended only for exceptionally well qualified business seniors. Prior consent of dean and instructor under whose direction study is taken is required and departmental form.

    Department instructor required. Departmental form required.

    Intended only for exceptionally well qualified business seniors. Departmental form required. Instructor consent required.

    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. Instructor consent required.

    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. Prerequisites: Requires prerequsite courses of BCOR 2000 and ACCT 4440 or 5440 (all minimum grade D-). Restricted to Business (BUSN) majors with 52-180 units completed.
    Business programs must balance theory and practice in order to produce graduates who are not only proficient in the language of business, but also have hands-on experience in their areas of emphasis. Internships are an effective way of acquiring the practical experience that business graduates need. A global internship consists of a practical international experience that includes an academic component. Prerequisites: Restricted to Business (BUSN) majors only.
    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. Formerly SYST 4910, OPIM 4910. Prerequisites: Requires prerequisite course of BCOR 2500 (minimum grade D-). Restricted to students with 52-180 units completed.
    Designed as an introduction to Business Analytics, which considers the extensive use of data, methods and fact-based management to support and improve decision making. Business intelligence focuses on data handling, queries and reports to generate information associated with products, services and customers, business analytics uses data and models to explain business performance and how it can be improved. Prerequisites: Restricted to Business Analytics (BUAN) majors only.

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