Reviews, integrates and applies personal financial planning concepts and skills. It builds on the previous PFP courses taken in the program. Students will prepare written financial plans based on comprehensive and integrative cases. The case method is a primary instructional tool. Individual and team written reports, as well as class presentations of cases, are required. Requisites: Requires prerequisite courses of ACCT 3440, FNCE 2820, FNCE 3030, FNCE 3040 and FNCE 3060 (all minimum grade D-). Restricted to Business (BUSN) majors with 102-180 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. Requisites: 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. Requisites: Requires prerequisite courses of FNCE 3010 and FNCE 3030 or 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. Requisites: 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. Required for marketing majors. Requisites: 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. Requisites: Restricted to students with 57-180 credits (Juniors or Seniors).
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.
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. Requisites: 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. Requisites: 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. Requisites: Requires prerequisite course of BCOR 2500 (minimum grade D-). Restricted to students with 52-180 units completed.
The EESA program is broken into two main elements. The first element consists of workshop sessions that address various aspects of an entrepreneurial venture and the consulting experience. The second element involves the actual field experience in the form of consulting interventions. Students will consult with two entrepreneurs, evaluate their venture and implement tangible deliverables that make the biggest impact. Requisites: Restricted to students with 27-180 credits (Sophomores, Juniors or Seniors) only.
Studies the elements of the business firm's fundamental problem: how to maximize profits. Develops for each element managerial theory based upon introductory and intermediate level microeconomics. Analyzes various applications and misapplications of relevant concept, primarily through case studies. Differential calculus and statistics are used throughout the course. Requisites: Restricted to Finance (FNCE-MS) or Real Estate (REAL-MS) majors only.
Introduces the financial reporting system used by business organizations to convey information about their economic affairs. Develops an understanding of financial reports and what they tell about a business enterprise. Focuses on how alternative accounting measurement rules represent different economic events in financial reports. Requisites: Restricted to Finance (FNCE-MS) or Real Estate (REAL-MS) majors only.
Covers foundations for statistical reasoning and statistical applications in business. Topics include graduate level treatment of descriptive statistics, probability, probability distributions, sampling theory and sampling distributions and statistical inference (estimation and hypothesis testing). Provides an introduction to regression analysis, analysis of variance, time series forecasting, decision analysis, index numbers, and nonparametric methods. Requisites: Restricted to Finance (FNCE-MS) or Real Estate (REAL-MS) majors only.
Analyzes the implications of modern finance theory for the major decisions faced by corporate financial managers. Develops the basic skills necessary to apply financial concepts to the various problems faced by a firm. Includes capital budgeting, capital structure, long term financing, short term financial management and financial planning topics. Requisites: Restricted to Finance (FNCE-MS) or Real Estate (REAL-MS) majors only.
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. Requisites: Restricted to Business Analytics (BUAN) majors only.
