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. Requisites: Requires prerequisite courses of BASE 2101 and 2102 and 2103 and 2104 (all minimum grade D-). Requires a corequisite course of BCOR 3010. Restricted to Business (BUSN) majors only.
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. Requisites: 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. Requisites: 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. Requisites: Requires prerequisite course of BCOR 2300 (minimum grade D-). Restricted to Business (BUSN) 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. Requisites: 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. Requisites: Requires prerequisite courses of FNCE 3010 and 3030 (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. Requisites: 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. Requisites: Requires prerequisite courses of FNCE 3010 and 3030 (minimum grade D-). Restricted to Business 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. Requisites: Requires prerequisite courses of FNCE 3010 and 3030 (minimum grade D-). Restricted to Business majors with 52-180 units completed.
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. Requisites: Requires prerequisite courses of FNCE 3010 and 3030 (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. Requisites: 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. Requisites: 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). Requisites: 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. Requisites: 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. Requisites: Requires prerequisite course of BCOR 2003 or 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. Requisites: 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. Requisites: Requires prerequisite courses of BASE 2101 and 2102 and 2103 and 2104 or BCOR 2500 and BCOR 3010 (all minimum grade D-). Restricted to Business majors only.
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. Requisites: Requires prerequisite coureses of BCOR 2500 and 3010. Restricted to Business, AEBU, ARBU, CEBU, CVBU, CSBU, ECBU, MEBU, EVBU, ADBU, BNBU, NEBU or MUBU Majors with 52-180 units completed.
Introduces multidisciplinary project management concepts, skills, and tools, including the relationship between project definition, organization, planning, scheduling, resource and risk management, control, costing and performance. Presents both qualitative and quantitative tools for better project management. Requisites: Requires prerequisite courses of BASE 2101, 2102, 2103 and 2104 (all minimum grade D-). Restricted to Business (BUSN) majors with 52-180 units completed.
Compares systems of production/operations management in the United States with those in Japan, Europe, and Asia. Contrasts various regional and national approaches to business, quality management, labor practices, management styles, international competitiveness, productivity, distribution systems, trade practices, and strategies for penetrating foreign markets. Examines different sociocultural environments, government-business relationships, banking industries, operations strategies, and the potential for transferring industrial management practices and techniques between countries. Formerly OPIM 4065 and MGMT 4070. Requisites: Requires prerequisite course of BCOR 2500 (minimum grade D-). Restricted to Business (BUSN) majors with 52-180 units completed.
Compares systems of production/operations management in the United States with those in Asia. Contrasts various regional and national approaches to business, quality management, labor practices, management styles, international competitiveness, productivity, distribution systems, trade practices, and strategies for penetrating foreign markets. Examines different sociocultural environments, government-business relationships, banking industries, operations strategies, and the potential for transferring industrial management practices and techniques between countries.
Examines the financial policies and problems associated with firms doing business internationally. Topics include the foreign exchange environment, country risk, managing foreign exchange exposure, international working capital management, international capital budgeting, and international financial markets. Requisites: Requires prerequisite courses of BCOR 2200 (minimum grade D-). Restricted to Business or IAFS Majors with 52-180 units completed.
Provides students with the foundational skills related to competitive strategy. Tools and techniques associated with this course will enable students to understand the fundamentals of why one firm out performs another through understanding the fundamentals of superior performance at the business unit level. Examples of specific learning objectives: develop an understanding of fundaments of what is strategy, foundations of competitive advantage. Requisites: Requires a prerequisite course of BSE 2103 (minimum grade D-). Restricted to Business (BUSN) majors with 52-180 units completed.
Emphasizes the fundamentals of modern database design in the context of large-scale applications. Covers analysis phase activities such as data modeling for requirements analysis. Covers the extended entity relationship model and the semantic data model in-depth. Covers design phase activities such as the normalization criteria of the relational model and transformation from conceptual to physical design. Introduces object oriented databases. Requisites: Requires prerequisite courses of BASE 2101, 2102, 2103 and 2104 (all minimum grade D-). Restricted to Business (BUSN) majors with 52-180 units completed.
Provides students with problem solving and critical thinking skills in order to analyze large, complex social problems. Students learn techniques to get to the root cause of the problem and understand unintended consequences of proposed solutions to that problem. Students learn to break from typical mental models, make paradigm shifts and learn to recognize and avoid learning barriers and biases. Requisites: Requires prerequisite courses of BASE 2101, 2102, 2103 and 2104 (all minimum grade D-). Restricted to Business (BUSN) majors with 52-180 units completed.
