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  Business Courses    
         
    Policy Formulation and Administration    
      Students in this course investigate strategy formulation and implementation within organizations. An important focus of the course is on the development of a general management perspective. This course involves considering concepts and analytical techniques within the fields of strategic management and their application. Topics for consideration include the role of the General Manager in the strategic management process, strategic leadership, industry and competitive analysis, company analysis, global competition, issues of strategic choice, and implementing strategy. An understanding of the interdependencies within an organization as well as environmental factors affecting the success of specific strategic decisions is critical. Consideration of ethics and social responsibility are integral aspects of this course.  
         
    Computer Applications & Accounting    
     
Introduction to various financial accounting concepts and terms, transaction analysis, financial statements, and ratio analysis. Students gain a working knowledge of communication software, database software, and presentation software, and an advanced knowledge of spreadsheet software. Internet searches, Web-page design, and computer technology to address various financial and managerial accounting project.
  
       
       
               
    Principles of Financial Accounting      
     
Understanding business by being able to understand the financial statements. Accounting concepts, transaction analysis, analytical procedures, valuation and allocation, revenue recognition and expense matching, and cash flow analysis - operating, investing, and financing. Includes appropriate use of technology.
  
       
       
                 
    Principles of Managerial Accounting      
      How management accounting information can be used to help firms achieve strategic goals and profitability objectives. Use of an entrepreneurial perspective to examine how managers apply risk measurement and management techniques to business planning and control systems. Case-based learning to help students develop communication, technology, and teamwork.  
       
       
                 
    Legal Environment of Business & Society    
     
The sources, nature and substantive principles of American Law; its moral and ethical dimensions; the judicial process; comparison with other legal systems; impact of government regulations.
  
       
       
                 
    Microeconomics      
     
The price system; demand and supply analysis; the production process; analysis of market structures.
  
       
       
                 
    Macroeconomics      
     

The economic system and it fundamental principles. The economic functions of government, monetary and fiscal policy, and international trade.

  
       
       
                 
    International Economics      
     
Comparative advantage; gains from foreign trade; Heckscher-Ohlin doctrine; technology and product cycles; tariff theory and policy; Other protection measures; economic integration; foreign exchange rates; fixed and flexible rates; balance of payments; multinational corporations.
  
       
       
                 
    Organization & Management      
     
Introduction to organizational structures and functions; management processes and behavior of individuals and groups in organizations.
  
       
       
                 
    Principles of Finance      
      The theory and techniques of financial management. Time value of money; risk and return; financial analysis and planning; working capital management, capital budgeting; cost of capital; strategic long term financing decisions.  
       
       
                 
    Principles of Marketing      
     
Description and evaluation of the ways in which goods and services are developed to meet customer and consumer needs and distributed for domestic and international consumption; economic, government, social, and other environmental forces in relation to the marketing function; emphasis on relevant social problems and responsibilities.
  
       
       
                 
    Business Statistics      
     
Statistical concepts and methods used in business and economics, including Probability, Discrete Probability, Sampling Distributions, Confidence Intervals, Hypothesis Testing, Regression Analysis, and Chi-Square Distribution, (ANOVA).
  
       
       
                 
    Calculus I for Business      
      Analysis of single variable problems: problem formulation, translation between mathematical symbols and verbal descriptions, single variable modeling with real data, rates of change, techniques of differentiation, optimization, post-optimality analysis, continuous probability distributions, integrals, Fundamental Theorem of Calculus.  
       
       
                 
    Calculus II for Business      
     

Analysis of multivariable problems: problem formulation, translation between mathematical symbols and verbal descriptions, multivariable modeling with real data, regression analysis, partial derivatives and unconstrained optimization, Lagrange multipliers and constrained optimization, matrix algebra, linear programming.

  
       
       
                 
   
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
               
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