St. Ambrose University 518 West Locust Davenport Iowa 52803 admit

Undergraduate Programs
of partnership, corporation, debtor and creditor
relations, regulation of business, property, trusts,
wills and insurance.
BUS 303. Corporation Finance 3 credits
Survey of institutions and procedures involved in
financial planning; asset management; obtaining
short term, intermediate and long term financing;
and evaluation of financial performance. Topics
include working capital management, capital
budgeting, cost of capital analysis, discussion of
alternative capital structures, investment banking,
debt and equity issues. Prerequisites: ACCT 201,
202; ECON 201, 202; BUS 205.
BUS 304. Analysis of Financial
Statements
3 credits
Interpreting financial conditions for internal control
or external evaluation. Prerequisite: BUS 303.
BUS 305. Intermediate Economic and
Business Statistics
3 credits
Estimations, time series, index numbers, regression
and correlation analysis, chi-square and
decision theory. Prerequisite: BUS 205 or equivalent.
BUS 306. Investments
3 credits
Analysis of stocks, bonds, mortgages and other
forms of investment; emphasis on safety, liquidity,
appreciation and rate of return. Prerequisite:
BUS 303.
BUS 309. Principles of Marketing 3 credits
Survey of theories and resulting activities
employed by producers and sellers of goods and
services to determine wants of society and ways
to satisfy those wants. Topics include external
environment as it affects marketing decisions (e.g.
economic conditions, population, competition,
legislation), examination of basic elements of a
marketing program (e.g. product design, pricing,
distribution, and promotion), marketing and
social responsibility. Prerequisite: ECON 202.
WI-BUS 310. Principles of Management 3 credits
Research from several social science disciplines
applied to the study of effective management of
organizational strategy, structure and behavior.
Topics include planning, organizing, leadership
and control. Interrelationships examined between
needs and expectations of the individual and the
organization and society.
BUS 311. Advertising
3 credits
A study of the theory and practice of advertising,
touching upon economic and social aspects, history,
market, product and consumer analysis,
motivation, art, copy and layout, media selection
and budgeting. Prerequisite: BUS 309 or instructor
permission.
BUS 316. Small Business Management 3 credits
Examination of the concerns, problems and
opportunities associated with small businesses,
and discussion of entrepreneurial qualities that
affect small business management. Study of
selected small businesses as well as conventional
text materials. Prerequisite: BUS 310 or instructor
permission.
BUS 320. Human Resource
Management
3 credits
Prepares students for immediate action on the job
by discussing the theoretical and practical applications
of human resource management.
Concentration will be on the art of communication,
motivation, management of personnel
through a thorough review of current standards
and practices based on the latest court rulings.
Prerequisite: BUS 310 or instructor permission.
BUS 321. International Business 3 credits
Intended to make students more knowledgeable
about the international dimensions of management.
Text is supplemented with information on
current events in different parts of the world.
Prerequisites: ACCT 201, 202; ECON 201, 202;
BUS 309, 310.
BUS 322. International Marketing 3 credits
As businesses and economies expand into a global
marketplace, traditional western ideas of mar-
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