This business course is the culminating capstone course for the Accounting and Business Administration (all Concentrations) Degrees. The course provides the students with an opportunity to work in teams to complete an international business strategy simulation designed to expose students to the interrelationships of various business disciplines.
This course is designed to provide a focus on the systems and processes that aid organizations in the distribution of products and services. The course covers the quantitative and qualitative methods used by organizations in supporting their operations. Topics studied include the examination of product creation, development, production, and distribution.
This course examines how firms develop and implement sustainability. It introduces sustainable business as a concept and practice while providing a foundation for students. Topics include environmental reporting, the triple bottom line, developing a culture of sustainability, efficient supply-chain management, systems thinking. Case studies will focus on the need for improved business practices in energy generation, water use, and agriculture processes. As a capstone project, students will address a real-life issue related to sustainability, using a cross-national approach in discussing potential regulatory solutions.
Principles of finance is a survey of the key concepts covered in the three general areas of finance: (1) financial markets and institutions, (2) investments, and (3) managerial finance. This course will introduce students to financial concepts including the activities of the finance manager in the planning, acquisition, and administration of funds used in a business enterprise and to evaluate and control risk.
This course introduces students to computer hardware and software, and the application for information systems and technology within an organization from a management perspective. The course examines various topics including databases, e-commerce, information based business processes, privacy and security, design and development of information systems, telecommunications, and ethics.
This marketing course covers the basics of how to satisfy consumers' wants and needs through what has been described as both an art and a science of marketing. Specifically, this course focuses on how marketers uncover consumers' wants and needs through marketing research and design strategies that best satisfy target markets.