2010-2011 HBU Catalog - Houston Baptist University

letter composition, interviewing, networking, professional image, employment law (including workplace harassment
and workplace privacy), financial security benefits and health care benefits, and the use of technology in achieving
career goals.
BUSA 4181, 4281, 4381 Special Topics
Prerequisite: approval of the Dean of the School of Business
Directed study of a minimum of thirty clock hours for each hour of credit. Provides an opportunity for business
administration majors to conduct detailed investigations of selected business administration problems.
BUSA 4301 International Business
This course combines classroom work with international travel and provides the student with direct contact with
managers operating in other countries. An international trip is scheduled at the end of the course. Class time will cover
basic principles of global business and cross-cultural interaction. It will particularly emphasize cultural and historical
differences in the countries the students will visit and how those differences produce different managerial styles and
contrasting business practices. In addition, students will do through research, preparation, and presentations on the
specific companies they are scheduled to visit. There are no prerequisites for this course. However, students whose
advisors wish to allow this course to substitute for one of the required senior seminars must meet the prerequisites for
the senior seminars – 80 or more total hours including a minimum of 15 hours in business – in order to receive credit.
This class may not be taken in the semester a student intends to graduate.
BUSA 4320 Business Law
Prerequisite: BUSA 2320
Study of the uniform commercial code applied to commercial documents. Introduction to creditors‘ rights and
bankruptcy, agency and employment, business organizations, and property law.
BUSA 4340 Internship
Prerequisites: See the School of Business Internship Coordinator for current prerequisite information
The course is an integrating field experience by which students learn actual business practices by undertaking
responsible roles in an organization. The students develop interpersonal skills while acquiring practical knowledge in
their disciplines. The students are exposed to various work roles and career choices.
BUSA 4350 Business Consulting Field Experience
Open to students from all business majors, the business consulting field experience provides students the opportunity to
apply principles and concepts learned in the classroom to an actual business problem. Teams of undergraduate students
under the supervision of a faculty member will meet with the client, assess problems and opportunities, and make
recommendations to the sponsoring business client. The project includes a formal presentation and a detailed written
report to the client.
BUSA 4399 Global Business Strategy
Prerequisites: FINA 3320, MGMT 3302, MKTG 3301, and completion of 90 semester hours
Global Business Strategy is a capstone course in business designed to integrate concepts and knowledge from a broad
range of core business courses. The course considers the increasingly global context in which firms operate and
develops a strategic view of the firm through a variety of management tools, models, and current debates. The
capstone experience encourages significant group-based work through use of case studies and a computer simulation
with global participants.
CHEMISTRY
CHEM 1404 Introductory Chemistry
This course discusses some of the fundamental concepts in inorganic, organic, and biological chemistry, and explores
their social and medicinal relevance. This course includes one semester hour credit for laboratory sessions. This course
cannot be applied toward a chemistry major.
CHEM 2181, 2281, 2381, 2481 Special Topics
Topics are selected on basis of students‘ need and academic qualifications of staff. Laboratory may not be included.
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