Undergraduate Catalog - Lake Erie College

AT 404 Senior Project in Visual Art (4 SH)
Semester Offered: Fall
An intense, year-long, primarily self-motivated period
of studio work, monitored by the art faculty. These two
courses will serve as the B.F.A. candidacy sequence,
culminating in the B.F.A. exhibition. Both courses must be
taken in order to receive credit.
AT 405 Senior Project in Visual Art II (4 SH)
Semester Offered: Spring
An intense, year-long, primarily self-motivated period
of studio work, monitored by the art faculty. These two
courses will serve as the B.F.A. candidacy sequence,
culminating in the B.F.A. exhibition. Both courses must be
taken in order to receive credit.
BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION (BA)
BA 115 Financial Literacy for Life (2 SH)
Semester Offered: Fall odd years
The course teaches students how to become better
spenders, savers and wise users of credit. It discusses
the difference between assets and liabilities and how the
wealthy invest in assets and either avoid liabilities or find
ways of having others pay for their liabilities. Topics include
the importance of personal budgeting, the dangers of debt
accumulation and an introduction to different retirement
savings/investment options.
BA 160/260/360/460 Individual Investigation in Business
Administration (2-5 SH)
Independent study of topics not offered as regular courses.
BA 170-79/270-79/370-79/470-79 Special Topics in Business
Administration (2-4 SH)
Courses in topics of special interest to faculty members
and students are offered from time to time. For complete
course descriptions, students are directed to the schedule
of classes, available in the Registrar’s Office.
BA 201 Business Communication (4 SH)
Pre-Requisite(s): EN 101
This course provides students with the means to develop
effective communication strategies and techniques and to
apply them to the solution of management problems in
the form of written reports, memoranda, letters and oral
presentations. Cross-listed as CM 202.
BA 215 Investing in Your Future I (2 SH)
Semester Offered: fall odd years
Pre-Requisite(s): Sophomore status
The course teaches students how to research, analyze and
determine when it is the right time to purchase stocks and
which stocks to purchase. The students in the course will be
using real money. Since money is always a scare resource,
students will have to decide which stocks provide the
probability of earning the greatest return. This course will
be taught so it is understandable to ordinary investors so
that students from all disciplines/majors may participate.
BA 216 Investing in Your Future II (2 SH)
Pre-Requisite(s): BA 215
The course is a continuation of BA215. Students will be
tracking the performance of their investments and making
buy and/or sell recommendations.
BA 250/350/450 Internship in Business Administration
(1-5 SH)
Internships are academic courses that take place in
professional work settings and call for the application
of concepts learned in the classroom. Students gain onthe-job
experience under supervision by working directly
with a professional manager in a business or not-for-profit
organization. Students are required to complete 75 hours
of work for each credit hour registered and earned. An
Internship Application must be completed and filed with
the Office of Career Services and Internships.
BA 324 International Business (4 SH)
Semester Offered: Fall and Spring
Pre-Requisite(s): EC 200
This course is concerned with management, marketing
and financial practices of organizations operating in the
international environment. Comparisons are made of
variations in these business practices between different
countries and at different levels of national economic
development. Emphasis is on rapidly emerging multinational
corporations.
BA 360 Individual Investigation in Business (1-5 SH)
Students study topics of interest not offered as regular
courses.
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