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BUSINESS (BUS) |
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| BUS
150 |
Introduction
to Business and Management |
3
cr |
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| A survey of the field of
business, including profit-seeking firms, not-for-profit
organizations, and new businesses created by entrepreneurs.
Emphasis on the business environment, organization
and management, current economic and international
issues, and career opportunities. Societal and
ethical issues are also examined. The course is required of all incoming freshmen and any entering transfer student with less that 15 hours. |
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| BUS 245 |
Applied
Business Statistics I |
3 cr |
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| An
examination of statistical techniques that are
used to support managerial decision-making and
problem solving. Topics include measures of central
tendency and dispersion, probability theory, discrete
and continuous sampling distributions, methods
of estimation, and test of hypotheses. Prerequisite:
MA 112. |
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| BUS 255 |
Applied
Business Statistics II |
3 cr |
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| This course covers statistical techniques that are used to support business decision making and problem solving. Topics covered include Chi-Square Tests, Experimental Design and Analysis of Variance, Simple Linear Regression and Correlation Analysis, Multiple Regression and Model Building, Time Series Forecasting, and Decision Theory. Computer based data analysis is emphasized in this course. Prerequisite: BUS 245 or ST 210. |
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| BUS 265 |
Legal Environment of Business I |
3 cr |
| A study of the global legal environment in which contemporary American business functions, including a review of legal thought and ethical considerations and the foundations and impacts of governmental regulation in areas such as labor and employment, environmental concerns, consumer protection, and antitrust. Contemporary issues, domestic and international concepts and institutions, and social forces that shape the legal environment are emphasized. Prerequisite: sophomore standing. |
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| BUS
305 |
Information
Systems and Technology |
3
cr |
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| The analysis, design, and
implementation of information systems. Analysis
of the functional area of business and integration
of computer tools to satisfy information requirements.
Current developments in business computer systems,
including surveys of current systems and the Internet.
Computer classrooms are utilized to provide students
with “hands on” experience. Prerequisite:
CIS 250. |
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| BUS
490 |
Special Topics |
3
cr |
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| Designed to provide senior students an opportunity to study selected topics of particular interest. Permission of Department Chair. A student may count no more than three hours of Special Topics in the major. |
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| BUS
496 |
MCOB Honors Senior Project I |
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| Applied
business project and paper prepared under the
direction of a project advisor plus two other
persons elected by the advisor in consultation
with the student. The student must have developed
a proposal for the project and paper in consultation
with the advisor and received permission from
the committee to proceed. In addition, the student
must be entering his or her senior year and be
a major in the Mitchell College of Business. The
project proposal must be formulated no later than
the end of the first semester of the student's
senior year and the project must be completed
by the student's graduation date. The student
must have maintained his or her standing in the
university honors program to be eligible to enroll
in this course. The student will formally enroll
in the course in his or her last full semester
in school. The course may be counted in one of
two ways: 1) as an additional course not counting
towards the business degree, or 2) in special
cases, as a major or business elective, to be
decided by the committee. Prerequisites: Completion
of HON 399 and the business core with the exception
of MGT 485. |
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| BUS
498 |
Mitchell
Scholars Senior Project |
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| Applied business project
and presentation prepared under the direction
of the instructor in consultation with the student.
This course will have irregular meetings scheduled
by the instructor and will have both a classroom
component and a project component. The student
must have maintained his or her standing in the
Mitchell Scholars program and be a senior to be
eligible to enroll in this course. This class
will be counted in one of three ways: 1) as a
business elective, 2) as an additional course
not counting towards the business degree, or 3)
in special cases, as a major elective to be decided
by the major department’s faculty. Prerequisite:
Completion of the business core with the exception
of MGT 485. |
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