2016-2017 University Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]
Course Descriptions
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BIO 309 - Vertebrate Natural History, 4 credit hours
Prerequisite(s): “C-” or better in BIO 121 and BIO 122 .
A lecture-laboratory-field study of the evolution and ecology of vertebrate animals.
A weekend field trip is required
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BIO 310 - Evolution, 4 credit hours
Prerequisite(s): BIO 121 , BIO 122
A lecture-laboratory-field study of the fundamental principles of organic evolution.
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BIO 311 - Conservation Biology, 4 credit hours
Prerequisite(s): BIO 211 . A weekend field trip is required.
This class examines the major biological approaches and ecological principles upon which conservation are based and applied. Course topics include the history of the conservation movement, biodiversity, extinctions, population modeling, habitat fragmentation, invasive species, endangered species, conservation genetics, economics, government policy and regulation, restoration ecology and social science elements of conservation strategies designed to conserve diversity. There is a mandatory overnight field trip.
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BIO 313 - Ecology, 4 credit hours
Prerequisite(s): BIO 121 , BIO 122
A laboratory-field study of the concepts of ecology. Representative aquatic and terrestrial ecosystems will be studied.
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BIO 314 - Molecular Ecology, 4 credit hours
Prerequisite(s): “C-” or better in BIO 211 . BIO 212 is also recommended.
Molecular ecology is a young and exciting field that is taking advantage of the rapid development of new techniques in molecular genetics as well as advances in the theoretical and statistical approaches to interpreting the wealth of molecular data now available. Essentially, molecular ecology describes the dynamics of evolutionary change at the molecular level. Specifically, molecular ecology employs variation in nucleic acid and/or proteins to answer questions involving organismal behavior, kinship, populations and communities of organisms and phylogenies. The laboratory will be a hands-on introduction to the standard genetic markers computational techniques culminating in an independent project. After an introduction to some of the techniques and methods, you will be conducting your own independent project in the field. You will be responsible for choosing a study system, collection of tissue samples, extraction of genetic material, and assays of genetic material by one or more molecular markers.
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BIO 330 - Gross Anatomy, 4 credit hours
Prerequisite(s): “C-” or better in BIO 121 and BIO 122 .
This is a lecture-laboratory course in the gross structures of the human body, in which a detailed, regional approach is used. Student dissection of human cadavers, as well as the study of skeletons and organs will be performed in the laboratory.
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BIO 331 - Developmental Biology, 4 credit hours
Prerequisite(s): “C-” or better in BIO 211 or consent of instructor.
A lecture-laboratory course emphasizing the processes and concepts of embryonic development at the cellular, tissue, and organismal levels. A large part of this course is concerned with the biochemical, cellular, and molecular aspects of developmental biology.
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BIO 332 - Histology, 3 credit hours
Prerequisite(s): “C-” or better in BIO 121 and BIO 122 , or BIO 203 and BIO 204
A lecture-laboratory study of the microscopic structure of the human body. All organ systems will be covered. Detailed consideration is given to the manner in which cells are organized into tissues and tissues are organized into organs. Slides of mammalian tissues and organs will be studied in the laboratory portion of the course.
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BIO 333 - Human Physiology, 4 credit hours
Prerequisite(s): “C-” or better in BIO 121 and BIO 122 .
A lecture-laboratory study of the fundamental processes responsible for the normal function of the cells, tissues, organs, and systems of the human body. Initial emphasis is given to physiological processes common to all cells of the body. Essential concepts of physiology at the organ and system level are then presented.
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BIO 334 - Invertebrate Natural History, 4 credit hours
Prerequisite(s): “C-” or better in BIO 221
A laboratory-field study of the ecology, behavior and importance of invertebrate animals. Special emphasis is given to insects and marine organisms.
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BIO 336 - Molecular Biology, 4 credit hours
Prerequisite(s): “C-” or better in BIO 211 is required and BIO 212 is recommended
A lecture-laboratory study of some of the major techniques and applications in molecular biology.
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BIO 337 - Plant Physiology, 4 credit hours
Prerequisite(s): BIO 222
A lecture-laboratory study of the mechanisms employed by plants to solve the problems of life on land. Discussion of classic and current papers from the literature is included. Major topics covered are stress physiology, growth and development, and photosynthesis. The cellular and molecular basis for plant function is explored. The implications of plants’ physiological adaptations in ecology and agriculture are emphasized.
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BIO 341 - Immunology, 4 credit hours
Prerequisite(s): “C-” or better in BIO 121 and BIO 122 are required. BIO 211 and BIO 212 are recommended.
A lecture-laboratory study of innate and acquired immune responses.
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BIO 351 - Head & Neck Anatomy and Facial Reconstruction, 4 credit hours
Prerequisite(s): At least Junior status
This is a detailed study of the structure of the head & neck and the forensic reconstruction using human skulls. Detailed concepts of soft and hard tissue structure, facial esthetics, as well as basic facial development and aging are taught. The course consists of both lecture and laboratory portions. The lecture portion deals mostly with general principles and concepts. In the laboratory, the student participates in practical examination of cadaver specimens, the clinical examination of the head and neck, and the facial reconstruction using sculpting clay applied to skulls. Artistic experience is not required.
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BIO 359 - Faculty-student Collaboration, Credit hours to be arranged
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BIO 363 - Biology Seminar, 0 credit hours
This course consists of attending the senior biology seminar (BIO 463 ) and evaluating the presentations.
Graded: S/U
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BIO 365 - Ecology Field Studies, 2 credit hours
Prerequisite(s): Consent of the instructor
A field and classroom study of a particular ecosystem. A major component of the course will be an extensive field trip that will take place during or after the semester in which the course is offered.
Graded: S/U
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BIO 405 - Advanced Topics In Biology, 1-4 credit hours
Prerequisite(s): BIO 121 , BIO 122 , Junior or Senior standing or consent of instructor. Prerequisite courses will be specified on the basis of the subject offered.
A single topic will be addressed each time the course is offered, but topics chosen may differ.
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BIO 422 - Field Botany, 1 credit hour
Prerequisite(s): BIO 222
Field Botany is a field based course that meets once a week for an off campus trip. In this course students will develop familiarity with flowering herbaceous species and with tree species of NE Ohio. They will gain skill in using field guides to identify unknown species, will learn characteristics of common plant families, and will learn some of the natural history of our local flora.
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BIO 459 - Faculty-student Collaboration, Credit hours to be arranged
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BIO 463 - Senior Biology Seminar, 1 credit hour
Prerequisite(s): BIO 263 with a grade of C- or better
Students enrolled in this course will give an oral presentation to the faculty and students of the Department on a previously approved biological topic that they have researched. They will write a research paper on the same topic.
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BIO 491 - Departmental Thesis/project, Credit hours to be arranged
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Business Administration |
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BUS 050I - Independent Study, 1-4 credit hours
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BUS 070X - Internship, 1-12 credit hours
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BUS 208 - Introduction to Business, 3 credit hours
This course provides an introduction to the role of business in modern society, its responsibilities and obligations, existing forms and functions, and projected changes and their effect on society. Not open to students who have taken BUS 305 .
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BUS 211 - Intro to Financial Accounting, 3 credit hours
Prerequisite(s): Sophomore Status
This is an introductory course designed to acquaint students with the principles of accounting theory with the emphasis upon the accounting equation, the accounting cycle, recording financial transactions into accounting systems, including journal entries and ledgers, and understanding primary financial statements as they relate to various business organizations.
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BUS 212 - Intro to Managerial Accounting, 3 credit hours
Prerequisite(s): MTH 136 , BUS 211
This introductory course emphasizes the application of accounting information from an internal management perspective. As a result, the accounting applications and policies go beyond the generally accepted accounting principles fundamental to financial accounting (BUS 211 ).
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BUS 213 - Accounting & Finance Essentials, 3 credit hours
This is an introductory course designed to emphasize the fundamentals of financial literacy by acquainting students with the basic accounting process and essential principles of finance. The focus will be on understanding the financial impacts of decisions made in every area of a business as they relate to various business organizations.
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BUS 215 - Introduction to Entrepreneurship, 3 credit hours
This overview course will give students an awareness of the skills, knowledge and abilities needed to be a successful entrepreneur. An objective of the course is to develop students’ ability to become opportunity-focused and recognize their own entrepreneurial potential. Students will examine a framework that views entrepreneurship as a process that emphasizes the individual, the environment, the organization. Topics such as entrepreneurship, family businesses, social entrepreneurship, and innovation will be explored.
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BUS 243 - Personal Finance, 3 credit hours
This course studies the principles of personal finance with an emphasis on personal taxes, cash and savings instruments, consumer loans, stock and bond investments, real estate, insurance, and retirement planning.
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BUS 259 - Faculty-student Collaboration, Credit hours to be arranged
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BUS 263 - Seminar, 1-3 credit hours
Sophomore-level seminars are open to all students who have completed listed prerequisites. Seminars study a specified current business topic and may be taken more than once for credit provided the topic or subject area is different.
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BUS 290H - Fire Hoses & Teacups, 3 credit hours
An introductory research methods course designed to introduce the business student to foundational research skills and apply these skills to specific research topics. In this course, students will identify a research problem, complete background research, read published articles, summarize the findings, and develop their professional writing and presentation skills. The ability to take a fire hose of information and distil it into a teacup report will be a focus of this course!
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BUS 305 - Introduction to Management, 3 credit hours
Prerequisite(s): Completion of 30 credit hours
This course examines the leadership activities of managers within organizations in various environments. It also analyzes the functions of management from a holistic or systems perspective with emphasis on behavioral interaction and integration to create organizational effectiveness. Students apply knowledge acquired to successfully meet individual and organizational challenges.
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BUS 310I - Introduction to International Business, 3 credit hours
Prerequisite(s): Sophomore status or BUS 208 .
This course is designed to give students an opportunity to become familiar with the particularities of conducting business in an international environment, by giving them the theoretical and practical foundations necessary to study this discipline in greater detail.
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BUS 315 - Small Business Management, 3 credit hours
Prerequisite(s): BUS 330 or AMG 301
This course develops the students’ understanding of how the functional areas of business are applied in a small, entrepreneurial enterprise. Because of the cross-functional demands on the entrepreneur, this course covers a wide range of topics. Students will gain a greater understanding of the interdependencies within an organization. Topics such as guerilla marketing, networking, legal forms of an organization, relationship-building, advisory boards, and venture capital are explored, and financial issues confronting entrepreneurs are explored in broad terms.
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BUS 316 - Cost Accounting & Analysis, 3 credit hours
Prerequisite(s): BUS 212 , BUS 321 , ECN 279
This course surveys the accounting requirements of internal organizational management with particular attention devoted to the costs capitalized in inventory. Defines and illustrates job order costing, process costing, standard costing, direct costing, cost-volume-profit analysis, activity-based costing, budgeting, and control of decentralized operations.
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BUS 321 - Intermediate Accounting I, 4 credit hours
Prerequisite(s): MTH 136 , BUS 211 and minimum Sophomore Status
The conceptual framework, accounting cycle, the theory, and practice of financial statement preparation in accordance with accounting standards are covered in this course.
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BUS 322 - Intermediate Accounting II, 4 credit hours
Prerequisite(s): BUS 321
This intermediate accounting course will continue with a deep dive into accounting theory and principles, proper recording of business transactions through journal entries and ledger postings, and the interpretation of financial statements prepared in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles. Main topics include long-term assets and liabilities, stockholders’ equity of a corporation, and accounting changes and error corrections. Advanced measurement and disclosure issues relating to the financial statements will also be examined.
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BUS 325 - Organizational Project Management, 3 credit hours
Prerequisite(s): BUS 305
This course prepares students for the needs of work environments that are increasing project based. The course builds skills that allow managers to plan, organize, direct and control resources to achieve a specific objective. Managers working with large complex projects systematically break them down until they become a series of manageable tasks. Keeping these tasks occurring on schedule and within budget is the Project Managers’ role.
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BUS 326 - Legal Environment of Organizations, 3 credit hours
Prerequisite(s): Completion of 30 credit hours
Substantive private law, business associations, labor-management agreements, government regulations, and international law as they affect American business policies, practices and ethics are covered in this course.
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BUS 328 - Business Law, 3 credit hours
Prerequisite(s): BUS 326
This course is a study of the law applicable to commercial transactions, property, debtor and creditor relationships as well as wills and trusts. It is recommended for the accounting major.
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BUS 329 - Business Ethics, 3 credit hours
Prerequisite(s): Sophomore status and one completed BUS course
Business ethics provides an examination of moral problems facing organization managers with a focus on learning how to integrate ethical thinking with strategic thinking in shaping actions. Students analyze actual case problems, learning to use various ethical theories as a guide to clear thinking.
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BUS 330 - Introduction to Marketing, 3 credit hours
Prerequisite(s): ECN 100 or ECN 101
Marketing involves understanding the changing wants of individuals and organizations, the development and distribution of goods and services to meet those wants, and the maintenance of satisfactory customer relationships. It includes all the activities necessary to get goods and services from the producer to the consumer. This course gives students an opportunity to participate in an analysis of marketing strategies and the evaluation and control of marketing programs.
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BUS 331 - Services Marketing, 3 credit hours
Prerequisite(s): BUS 330
This course compares marketing of intangible services versus tangible products and how service characteristics affect marketing strategy. Students will learn to dissect services and service experiences, evaluate service delivery systems, and understand the role of service providers and customers. Students will explore service marketing concepts, theory, frameworks, and models to improve service development, service delivery, and service marketing strategies.
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BUS 332 - B2B Marketing, 3 credit hours
Prerequisite(s): BUS 330
This course provides an introduction to business to business (B2B) marketing, as well as an understanding of the marketing issues businesses face when their customers are other businesses – as distinguished from business to consumer (B2C) marketing for personal consumption. The emphasis will be on marketing management and decision making as it relates specifically to B2B marketing – including (but are not limited to) types of organizations as industrial customers, buying centers, segmentation, industrial selling, high technology developments, and ethics.
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BUS 333 - Advertising Management, 3 credit hours
Prerequisite(s): BUS 330
Advertising is studied as an integral part of our economic and social systems, and as a tool that has a direct impact on the manufacture, distribution, marketing and sale of tangible and intangible goods. Concepts and strategies include target markets, media selection, sales promotions, budgeting and evaluation techniques. Through case studies, students will receive hands on experience in developing an advertising campaign. Exposure to professionals in the field is provided by tours and lectures.
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BUS 334 - Salesmanship & Sales Management, 3 credit hours
Prerequisite(s): BUS 330
This course covers the practical aspects of the sales function and the job of the sales manager. Students will be given the opportunity to develop and demonstrate the skills, knowledge, attitudes and understanding necessary for the successful salesperson or sales manager.
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BUS 336 - Brand Management, 3 credit hours
Prerequisite(s): BUS 330
This course will provide students with an appreciation of the role of branding and will augment students’ ability to think creatively and critically about the strategies and tactics involved in building, leveraging, defending, and sustaining brands.
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BUS 337 - E-marketing, 3 credit hours
Prerequisite(s): BUS 330
Students will develop e-marketing strategies to understand how the Internet impacts a firm’s product, marketing communications messages, customer acquisition and retention, advertising, selling, distribution, and branding. Students will explore e-business models, segmentation, social media marketing, blogs, search engine marketing, email marketing, mobile marketing, Web site design, e-crm (e-customer relationship management), and e-marketing analytics.
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BUS 338 - Consumer Behavior, 3 credit hours
Prerequisite(s): BUS 330
What makes people do what they do? What makes people buy? What makes people buy from one company rather than another? This course will look at the nature of the purchase decision process. Theories, concepts, research methods and findings are explored and examined for use in marketing management decision-making.
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BUS 340 - Biomimicry- Naturally Inspired Innovation, 3 credit hours
Prerequisite(s): Sophomore Status
Biomimicry is an emerging field that is encouraging scientists, engineers, social scientists, and inventors to look more closely at nature’s way of doing things as more sustainable than our human way. Nature has a rich and largely unexplored library of technologies that process and manage information, materials and energy. Students will both engage in the process of investigation as well as learn about opportunities for applications in various professional and vocational fields, thus broadening their carrier choices and desires. Students will have unique opportunity to learn and experience how biomimicry inspires and makes changes to various human activities and disciplines: business or organizational managers, architects, engineers, automotive and airplane industry, sustainable energy designers, biologists, entrepreneurs, builders and policy makers. Biomimicry is inspiring these various fields and societies to be more responsible and resilient, and to find and apply solutions to old and new problems in a more sustainable way.
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BUS 341 - Behavioral Finance, 3 credit hours
Prerequisite(s): Junior Standing
Behavioral finance is an approach to understanding financial phenomena that models decision-makers as less than perfectly rational actors. In trying to understand the specific ways in which behavior departs from full rationality, behavioral finance incorporates important findings from other social sciences, such as psychology, sociology, and economics. This course overviews traditional financial theory, considers perceived irrationalities in decisions and markets, and explores the social and psychological underpinnings of decision flaws.
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BUS 342 - Corporate & Organizational Finance, 3 credit hours
Prerequisite(s): BUS 211
This course is a study of the sources and uses of funds within an organization, the returns and risks related to an organization’s working capital and capital budgeting decisions.
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BUS 344 - Game Theory, 3 credit hours
Prerequisite(s): ECN 100 or ECN 101
This course addresses the nature of competition and cooperation in economics and business, as well as how cooperative behavior evolves. The notion of Prisoner’s Dilemmas and the means by which players and societies extract themselves from the dilemma of individual vs. social rationality will be our focus. We will ask whether purely self-interested behavior is always in the “best” interests of the individuals involved or whether there are long-term benefits of cooperation.
Crosslisted: ECN 344
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BUS 350 - Green Business, 3 credit hours
Prerequisite(s): Completion of 30 credit hours
This course introduces the student to the new and rapidly growing field of corporate sustainability. Topics will include global ecological trends compelling the need for sustainable business, the “triple bottom line”, total lifecycle analysis, green products and ecological design, sustainable supply chain analysis, long-term strategy, growing public, customer, government, and industry demands made on companies to heighten their levels of sustainability performance, and the ethical motivations that organizations can adopt for “green” performance . Case studies will focus on successful sustainability initiatives across a wide array of industries and organizational contexts as well as enduring challenges faced by businesses that aim toward sustainability.
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BUS 351I - Global Strategies, 3 credit hours
Prerequisite(s): BUS 310I
This course challenges the student to understand management of a multinational organization operating in a variety of national and cultural contexts. Strategic and tactical concepts will provide a framework for examining how organizations deal with the complex global environment.
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BUS 357 - Introduction to American Health Care, 3 credit hours
This course explores the history, evolution and current state of health services delivery in the United States. The course provides an overview of the various healthcare stakeholders and their impact on cost, quality and access to care. This course also reviews the overall trends in healthcare including the current and future role of technology. Finally, this course provides an overview of career opportunities in healthcare.
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BUS 358 - Business Communications, 3 credit hours
Prerequisite(s): ENG 131 and Sophomore Status
This writing intensive course is designed to provide a practical application of business communication skills. Students will learn how to effectively communicate with various audiences. Competency will be developed in oral and written communication. Development of these skills is integrated with the use of technology.
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BUS 359 - Faculty-student Collaboration, Credit hours to be arranged
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BUS 360I - Political & Social Responsibility of Multinational Corporation, 3 credit hours
This course examines the role of power and ethics in the conduct of international business. Actual cases are studied that demonstrate some of the dilemmas faced by the multinational corporation and the growing concern with integrating the ethical and social concerns with business actions in a way that is beneficial to both business and society.
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BUS 363(H) - Seminar, 1-3 credit hours
Junior-level seminars are open to juniors and seniors who have completed listed pre-requisites. Seminars study advanced contemporary business topics and may be taken more than once, provided that the subjects are different.
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BUS 365 - Introduction to Business Analytics, 3 credit hours
Prerequisite(s): MTH 136 , CSC 141 , ECN 279
This course provides an introduction to the field of business analytics, which is defined as the use of data, statistical and quantitative analysis, exploratory and predictive models, and prescriptive analysis to drive corporate decisions and actions. The course starts off with a discussion of models to summarize, visualize and understand data. We use that selected data to build a sample of models to make decisions. The course takes additional steps to build smart models designed to make optimal decisions. The course uses Microsoft Excel Add-ins to expose students to the concepts and use of Data Mining (scuffle thru large amount of data to pull out useful information), and Optimization Models.
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BUS 367 - Health Care Law and Ethics, 3 credit hours
Prerequisite(s): BUS 326 , BUS 357
This course focuses on the exploration of the ethical and legal aspects of contemporary issues concerning healthcare delivery. The potential interaction and conflicts among individual value/moral systems, ethical standards, legal and regulatory considerations are examined. This course will provide a working knowledge of health law enabling students to deal with common legal, regulatory, ethical and practical problems facing the industry.
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BUS 377 - Health Care Finance, 3 credit hours
Prerequisite(s): BUS 357
This course examines the economic and regulatory environment as it affects health care organizations and provides a general economic framework for understanding public and private funding of healthcare in the U.S. This course also explores the trends in third-party funding as well as approaches to best manage this funding. Finally, this course compares the U.S. health care system to that of other countries; the emphasis of this comparison will be placed on funding and cost control as well as its impact on quality and access to care.
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BUS 378 - Principles of Fraud Examination, 3 credit hours
Prerequisite(s): Completion of 45 credit hours.
This course focuses on fraud in the workplace. You will learn about common fraudulent schemes, typical perpetrators and measures a company can implement to protect against workplace fraud.
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BUS 405 - Leadership Excellence, 3 credit hours
Prerequisite(s): BUS 305
Leadership is a dynamic and changing process encompassing a number of practical and theoretical constructs that are applicable to today’s rapidly changing environment. This course explores various leadership dimensions as applied to power, influence, motivation, satisfaction, groups, teams, and change, to name a few. The course also studies leaders and leadership theories for the purpose of developing and shaping one’s personal concept of leadership, and the application of various leadership approaches to different contexts. Additionally, not only will students explore leadership domestically, but also will engage in exploring global leadership and its application to different national settings.
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BUS 406I - International Organizational Behavior and Management, 3 credit hours
Prerequisite(s): BUS 305 . Students may not receive credit for both BUS 409D and BUS 406I
The course is designed to provide the student with theories and skills for understanding international organizational behavior. The individual, the project team, and the organization are the basic units of study and effective interpersonal behavior is presented as one of the most important factors in organizational change as it relates to various international contexts. Topics covered in this course include organizational & national culture differences, ethics & social responsibility, negotiation and conflict resolution, motivation, international human resource management, leadership and approaches to organizational change, to name a few.
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BUS 407 - Individual Taxation, 3 credit hours
Prerequisite(s): BUS 321
This course is a study of federal income tax law, US Treasury regulations, IRS revenue rulings, and court cases. A major emphasis of the course will be tax planning. There will be a detailed study of individual tax forms and their preparation. We will discuss ethical issues in tax planning and preparation.
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BUS 408 - Entity Taxation, 3 credit hours
Prerequisite(s): BUS 322 & BUS 407
This course provides a comprehensive overview of entities, and the formation, reorganization, and liquidation of corporations. The course also provides discussion of state and local taxation as well as transfer taxes and wealth planning.
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BUS 409D - Behavioral Theories of Management, 3 credit hours
Prerequisite(s): BUS 305 . Students may not receive credit for both BUS 409D and BUS 406I
This course is designed to provide the student with a behavioral science approach to organizations. Students will learn why we behave as we do in organizations and groups. The course will help the student understand how individual awareness effects performance as a manager and leader. Individual, group, and organizational differences and similarities are highlighted throughout the course. Students will begin to develop the interpersonal skills needed to be effective employees, managers, and leaders and improve the performance of organizations.
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BUS 410 - Human Resource Management, 3 credit hours
Prerequisite(s): BUS 305
This course provides an overview of the various functions in the field of Human Resource Management. The functions of planning, selecting, compensating, appraising, training, and development are covered. Legislation and laws pertaining to these functions as well labor relations and health and safety are examined. Overall organizational strategy is incorporated into the application of all Human Resource functions.
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BUS 411 - Compensation, 3 credit hours
Prerequisite(s): BUS 410 or permission of instructor
Theory and strategy behind organizational compensation practices are examined. Specifically, the behavioral aspects of compensation, the legal constraints, development of base pay systems, variable pay, executive compensation, benefits, and services are covered. Students become familiar with actual practices and application in organizations.
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BUS 412 - Employment Law, 3 credit hours
Prerequisite(s): BUS 410 or permission of instructor
This course is a review of the historical foundations of Employment Law and Labor Law with a focus on current issues as reflected by recent agency and court rulings. Students learn about employee rights and relevant management practices to comply with Federal employment and labor laws.
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BUS 413 - Staffing and Development, 3 credit hours
Prerequisite(s): BUS 410 or permission of instructor
This course provides a strategic overview of the Human Resource Planning function. Job analysis, recruiting, selection, training, development, retention, and appraisal are covered as key topical areas with a focus on the theoretical foundations and application of current practices.
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BUS 415 - Business Plan Development, 3 credit hours
Prerequisite(s): BUS 215 , BUS 315
In this capstone course, entrepreneurship students will complete a comprehensive business plan, including a competitive analysis, industry description and outlook, sales and marketing plan and financial plan for a proposed company. Faculty and entrepreneurs will work closely with students to ensure that this project incorporates the practical issues entrepreneurs tackle in starting or growing a business. Students will meet with bankers, venture service providers and successful entrepreneurs.
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BUS 418 - Governmental and Nonprofit Accounting, 3 credit hours
Prerequisite(s): BUS 321
To familiarize students with financial accounting and reporting concepts, standards and procedures applicable to state, local and federal government levels, as well as not-for-profits.
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BUS 419 - Auditing Principles, 4 credit hours
Prerequisite(s): BUS 322 (may be taken concurrently)
Auditing Principles is a course blended on theory and practice. The external audit process is brought to life through practice sets, flowchart creation, audit client evaluation, business process understanding, internal control evaluation, and issuance of financial statements for audit clients. This course satisfies Ohio’s course requirement for Auditing to qualify to sit for the CPA exam.
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BUS 420 - Accounting Systems, 3 credit hours
Prerequisite(s): BUS 322
This course is a survey of information technology and its application to accounting issues. Students will solve problems using electronic spreadsheets, word processors, and the internet. Students will develop an understanding of the information gathering, data accumulation, and reporting requirements of various accounting software programs.
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BUS 421 - Advanced Accounting, 3 credit hours
Prerequisite(s): BUS 322
This course deals with special problems in accounting for business acquisitions and mergers. Students will be exposed to the different methods of accounting for investments on the books of the parent company. They will develop an understanding of the consolidation procedures that deal with the issues of non-controlling interests, intercompany sales, intercompany debt, and ownership patterns. In addition, partnership accounting and foreign currency translation terminology will be covered.
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BUS 431 - Supply Chain Management, 3 credit hours
Prerequisite(s): BUS 305 , BUS 330
This course is designed to cover the essentials of supply chain management, from purchasing to delivery, and includes concepts of transportation, inventory management, supplier selection, distribution, logistics and reverse logistics.
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BUS 432 - Marketing Research & Information Systems, 3 credit hours
Prerequisite(s): BUS 330 , ECN 279
The student will learn how to develop a marketing research project. An understanding of domestic and international marketing information needs and procedures will be covered. Students will be taken through the research process from purpose definition and proposal writing to final report writing and presentation. Data collection techniques will be offered to include current technologies and use of the internet.
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BUS 436I - International Marketing, 3 credit hours
Prerequisite(s): BUS 330
This course is a study of the peculiarities of marketing products and services overseas. An overview of the economic, political, cultural and infrastructure environments; determination of market size; use of segmentation variables; review of foreign buyer behavior; collection and analysis of foreign market research; determination of best method of entry; selection of optimum marketing strategies; and integration of all variables in a comprehensive marketing plan are covered.
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BUS 444I - International Financial Management, 3 credit hours
Prerequisite(s): BUS 342
This course is a study of foreign exchange markets, the management of foreign exchange exposure, multinational capital budgeting, international portfolio management, transfer pricing, multinational taxation, international securities, and interest rate risk management.
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BUS 445 - Principles of Investments, 3 credit hours
Prerequisite(s): BUS 342 , ECN 279
This course emphasizes techniques of security analysis, evaluation of portfolios and investment strategies including the use of derivatives.
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BUS 446 - Intermediate Finance, 3 credit hours
Prerequisite(s): BUS 342 , ECN 279
This advanced course covers selected topics in financial management such as financial analysis, forecasting, working capital management, capital budgeting, long-term financing, cost of capital and dividend policies.
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BUS 447 - Financial Modeling, 3 credit hours
Prerequisite(s): BUS 365 and BUS 446
This course is a hands-on, application-oriented tour of financial models used in corporate finance, investment analysis, and portfolio management. The course is designed to acquaint students the building of financial spreadsheet models and analyze financial decisions quantitative and graphically. The topics covered include but are not limited to asset return calculations, portfolio theory, the capital asset pricing model, option pricing models, bond pricing, equity valuation, LBOs and investment performance analysis. MS Excel is the primary tool to implement these financial models, however the course will also make use of statistics and probability. The purpose of this course is to provide participants with tools to assist them in making and supporting financial management decisions. In terms of subject matter, students should be comfortable with equity and fixed-income derivatives, portfolio math, reading financial statements, free cash flow projections, and cost of capital calculations such as WACC.
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BUS 451 - Management Strategy & Policy, 4 credit hours
Prerequisite(s): Completion of all required business administration courses.
This is the capstone course of the business major. Students learn to research and formulate top level strategic goals which enable the firm to adapt and grow with its changing environment. Students also learn how to implement strategic goals by integrating the functions learned in lower level courses. Real world case examples are used to apply the learnings.
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BUS 454 - Organizational Leadership Capstone, 3 credit hours
Prerequisite(s): BUS 213 , 305 , 326 or 329 , 330 , 405 , 409D or 406I , ECN 203 , MTH 136 or 137 , PSY 100 , 320 , CAS 112 , CSC 141
This capstone experience of the Organizational Leadership major is designed to synthesize current & previous coursework, practical work experience and theoretical concepts on leadership and systems thinking. It will stress both long-standing leadership paradigms as well as contemporary studies in leadership. The course will emphasize, develop, and identify the concept of personal leadership.
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BUS 459 - Faculty-student Collaboration, Credit hours to be arranged
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BUS 461H - Consulting Proposal Development, 4 credit hours
Open to students formally accepted into Business Honors, University Honors students who elect these course to satisfy upper level requirements, and business students with Business Honors Director approval.
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BUS 463 - Seminar, 1-4 credit hours
Upper level seminars are open to juniors and seniors who have completed listed prerequisites. Seminars study advanced current business topics and may be taken more that once for credit provided the topic or subject area is different.
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BUS 465 - Risk Management in Financial Institutions, 3 credit hours
Prerequisite(s): BUS 342 , ECN 279
The course examines various types of financial institutions (banks, investment companies, insurance companies, etc.), the risks (credit risk, market risk, interest rate risk, etc.) inherent in the assets and liabilities of those institutions, and the tools and techniques available for measuring and managing those risks including portfolio diversification, duration, Value at Risk models, and RAROC. Note: This course satisfies the CPA Exam’s requirements for “other business courses” but does not satisfy any portion of the “accounting hours” requirement.
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BUS 468 - Financial Statement Analysis, 3 credit hours
Prerequisite(s): BUS 321
This course is designed to teach the skills needed to apply accounting knowledge to solve real business problems and make informed business decisions. Financial statements are used to reveal the financial impacts of transactions and provide insights into the effects of accounting choices.
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BUS 470 - Internship, Credit hours to be arranged
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BUS 487 - Problem Solving and Applied Health Care Management, 3 credit hours
Prerequisite(s): Completion of all required health care major courses
This course focuses on the investigation and study of problem solving and effective decision making within the dynamics of current health care organizations. This course also stresses problem identification, problem analysis, making decisions and recommendations and implementing solutions, and comparing results to a plan. The case method approach is used; management memos and senior research papers that incorporate critical thinking, quantitative analysis, conceptual and technical data analysis, and a formal presentation, are required.
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BUS 495 - Innovation & Entrepreneurship Capstone Seminar, 3 credit hours
Prerequisite(s): BUS 215 , BUS 315 , declared INEN major
BUS 495 is a three credit capstone course for the Innovation and Entrepreneurship major, designed to give students an opportunity to synthesize the experiences and coursework of their first major and the Innovation and Entrepreneurship major into examples of developed conceptual and analytical skills needed by higher level managers in an innovative or entrepreneurial organization. The course will be team taught, involving faculty from the School of Business and from another division/school of the University who have been active participants in the Center for Innovation and Growth Faculty Fellows program. This course should be taken directly following or concurrently with BUS 415 - Business Plan Development, 3 credit hours . Students will engage in reflection about their experiences in the INENT major; will conduct an ‘innovation audit’ of an existing company; and will develop and present to an external audience a ‘innovation and entrepreneurship plan’ for an existing or hypothetical organization. The last two projects are intended for students to use as examples of their skills and mindset to present to potential employers, venture capitalists, and/or graduate school admissions committees.
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BUS 496 - Industrial and Organizational Capstone Project, 4 credit hours
Prerequisite(s): BUS 410 or PSY 280
The capstone course will require students to apply learning from coursework in the Major to a project with an outside profit or non-profit organization. Students will learn the consultative process and develop and utilize skills in marketing ideas, influencing decision-makers, and interacting with various organizational constituencies. Students will implement business and behavioral science research knowledge and skills in order to address and solve organizational needs and problems. The capstone requires extensive oral and written communication skills in order to complete an applied and/or research project.
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BUS 500A - Financial Accounting, 3 credit hours
This course is designed to develop a working knowledge of the basic accounting system. The primary focus is on financial accounting and its effect on the business entity.
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BUS 500Q - Quantitative Analysis, 3 credit hours
This is a course for individuals who have limited skills in Excel, algebraic techniques or statistical analysis. Students are exposed to statistical models and applications for quantitative methods in modern management.
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