& Student Handbook - Saint Mary's University of Minnesota

Bachelor Degree Programs 97
SM402
Security Risk Assessment (3 cr.)
This course provides the theory and procedures for identifying and
protecting institutional assets. It focuses on recognizing risks and
providing business case solutions.
SM403
Private Investigation Principles (3 cr.)
This course focuses on both criminal and non-criminal investigations.
Methods of investigation, interview techniques, and business partner
collaborations are discussed.
SM404
Security Techniques and Technology (3 cr.)
This course examines current issues, trends, and technologies available
to address security problems and issues. Topics include environmental
design, executive protection, and technology advances for information
and physical security, along with professional development practices.
SM405
Security Leadership and Management (3 cr.)
This course examines security leadership as it relates to human
resource initiatives, organizational change, business practices, and
community partnerships.
BU300
Accounting Principles (3 cr.)
This course examines the foundations of financial accounting and
reporting practices used by decision makers in today’s business
environments. Financial accounting methods, the accounting cycle,
internal controls, and accounting practices for different types of business
entities are examined. Also examined are accounting practices used for
international operations, and the preparation of both domestic and
international-based financial statements.
BU400
Business Law (3 cr.)
This introductory course examines the legal context for business,
including the legal and regulatory system, the law of contracts, property
laws and torts, and forms of business organization, including
partnerships and corporations. The course also introduces areas of law
and regulation which affect business activities, including employment
law, securities, antitrust, bankruptcy, consumer protections, and
environmental laws.
BU403
Applied Statistics (3 cr.)
This course presents the theory and procedures of data analysis. It
focuses on measures of central tendency and dispersion, simple
probability, data analysis, and an overview of statistical inference.
BU407
Financial Management (3 cr.)
This course is an introduction to the theory and practice of financial
management of organizations. Topics covered include the assessment of
types of business entities and capital acquisition sources, basic financial
statement analysis, the assessment of how income taxes impact the
financial decision-making process, the evaluation of capital projects using
the time value of money concepts, management of an entity’s current
assets and current liabilities, and the maximization of shareholder wealth.
HR340
Human Resource Management (3 cr.)
This overview course examines the variety of personnel functions
performed in organizations. It includes planning, job analysis and design,
job description, recruiting and hiring, training, performance management,
regulation, evaluation, benefits, and labor law.
HR440
Employee and Labor Relations (3 cr.)
This course provides an introduction to the practical aspects of employer
and employee relationships from both union and non-union perspectives.
It includes an overview of the basics of labor law and bargaining
agreements, the role of the National Labor Relations Board and how
each impacts performance among management, supervisors and
employees in private, government and public organizations.
MG305
Managerial Ethics (3 cr.)
This course introduces students to the important moral issues that arise
in various organizational contexts. It examines the social, political, and
economic environments within which moral issues occur. The ethical
concepts and reasoning skills relevant for resolving moral dilemmas are
presented.
MG307
Principles of Leadership (3 cr.)
This course presents a broad survey of theory and research on
leadership. It examines classical and scientific management
perspectives and considers contemporary theories and practices of
organizational leadership.
MG401
Principles of Management (3 cr.)
This course explores the concepts and theories of management and
their application in today’s managerial environment. It examines the
essential functions of management: planning, organizing, leading, and
controlling.
MG405
Organizational Culture and Change (3 cr.)
This course focuses on the ability of leaders to understand and manage
organizational change. It addresses a broad-based understanding of the
nature, function, and complexities of organizations. Ways of dealing with
change are developed from sometimes disparate views of organizations.
MG408
Project Management (3 cr.)
This course emphasizes leadership concepts related to project
management. Students learn the skills and procedures needed to take a
project from definition through completion.
MG415
Total Quality and Team Development (3 cr.)
The focus of this course is the development of total quality or continuous
improvement in organizations. It reviews the phenomenon of quality, key
theories and theorists, statistical process control, and quality programs.
Effective team management is emphasized as one of the key
components of quality.