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evaluating the success of human resource plans. Students develop and
implement objectives and strategies pertaining to compensation, training
and development, assessment, staffing and labor relations. Specific
regulatory and ethical issues are covered, as well as the interrelationships
of the human resource decisions to other management functions.
Prerequisite: Busa 340 and Busa 341.
395, 495 Internship in Business Administration (3-6 credits) This
course provides an opportunity to further the professional career
development of students. Placements are designed to utilize academic
concepts in a work setting and to bring practical knowledge of a
functioning business back to the classroom. The learning experience is
designed to take place in an organization appropriate to the career
interests of the student. Prerequisites: junior or senior standing, business
administration majors only, permission of the department, and
satisfactory internship qualifications.
440 Entrepreneurship (3 credits) Students explore the role of
entrepreneurship in today’s business environment. This course integrates
macro-economic analysis, marketing research, financial planning,
strategy formulation and other functional business considerations.
Activities take the students from the formation of a small business using
planning software to exploring the issues involved in registering a new
company on one of the stock exchanges using venture capital.
Prerequisite: Busa 380 and Busa 381.
441 International Business (3 credits) Students assume the role of
general manager of a multinational business. In addition to learning the
international aspects of the production, marketing, human resource and
financing functions, students gain new knowledge related to dealing with
foreign currencies, customers, workers and cultures. Prerequisite: Busa
380 and Busa 381.
480 Business Policy and Strategy (3 credits) Students take the role
of top management of a complex, multinational organization. Students
draw upon their experiences as managers in various functional areas to
deal with the larger organizational issues of corporate strategy, policy
formulation, values, and vision. Prerequisite: Busa 440 and Busa 441.
490 Senior Thesis (3 credits) Each business administration major is
required to write, in consultation with a faculty member in the
department, a research paper which demonstrates the ability to
investigate and analyze some aspect of business theory and practice in
considerable detail, and to interpret their research on this subject in a
comprehensive manner. Prerequisite: Busa 440 and Busa 441.
Business Administration
Requirements for the major: Minimum of 12 courses, distributed as
follows:
Nine courses in management:
261 Introduction to Business
340, 341 Marketing, Service Industries
380, 381 Human Resources, Finance
440, 441 Entrepreneurship, International Business
480 Business Policy and Strategy
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