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Undergraduate Programs
keting must be expanded. Survey of international
marketing theories and activities. Prerequisite:
BUS 309.
BUS 323. Total Quality Management 3 credits
Develops an understanding of TQM and what
makes up quality excellence in service, non-profit
and manufacturing organizations. Develops
implementation planning, team building and statistical
thinking.
WI-BUS 325. Leadership and Corporate
Culture
3 credits
Evaluation of students’ leadership styles, current
findings on leadership and corporate culture from
current research by the behavioral scientists and
others. Reviews collective wisdom found in the
classic works of western philosophy, history,
biography and drama. Prerequisite: Junior status
or permission of instructor.
BUS 328. Marketing Research 3 credits
Planning, scientific investigation, conclusions and
recommendations used in solving marketing
problems. Topics include survey techniques,
observation techniques, experimentation, data
tabulation and interpretation of results. Prerequisites:
BUS 205, 305, 309, or approval of department
chair.
BUS 330. Professional Salesmanship and
Sales Management
3 credits
Discipline of sales, including special emphasis on
economic and social importance of selling,
recruiting and selecting personnel, training, motivation,
evaluation and measurement; supervisory
problems, techniques and solutions.
BUS 332. Organizational Theory,
Communications and Behavior 3 credits
Concentrates on individual processes, inter-personal
and group processes, organizational
processes and design and organizational changes.
Prerequisite: BUS 310.
+ = Applicable toward general education degree requirements
WI = Writing intensive course
BUS 333. Operations Management 3 credits
Concepts and methods for planning, routing,
scheduling and controlling operations. Uses of
linear programming and statistical controls and
techniques for determining work methods and
job analysis.
BUS 335. Financial Institutions
Management
3 credits
An introduction to the primary participants and
the basic functions of the major financial markets
operating in the U.S., including financial intermediation,
the structure and regulation of depository
and non-depository institutions, the structure
of interest rates. Prerequisite: ECON 307.
BUS 338. Diversity in the Workplace 3 credits
Explores the impact of cultural diversity on personal
and organizational effectiveness from a
leadership and management perspective.
Examines the importance of appreciation for cultural
diversity for the global manager.
BUS 340. Financial Polices and
Decision-Making
3 credits
Problem solving in finance; relationship of financial
management to the direction of the enterprise
as a whole; case methods on how shareholder
requirements determine policy on acquisition of
new funds; funds flow and capital investment
within the firm; and effect of social, regulatory
and monetary environment on policy. Special
emphasis on importance of long-range planning
and the contribution of financial analysis to decision-making.
Prerequisites: ACCT 201, 202;
ECON 201, 202; BUS 205, 303.
BUS 341. Internship in Business 3–6 credits
Competitive placement with selected businesses
and non-profit agencies. Prerequisite: Junior or
senior standing.
BUS 345. Independent Studies 3 credits
Available for credit in economics or business
administration. Approval requested through
department chair.
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