2014-15-Undergraduate-Catalog

Course Descriptions • 381BA 471 Health Care LawThis course surveys current ethical and legal responsibilities of health care providers and administrators. Emphasisis placed upon institutional defensive law (medical negligence and torts), health care regulation (administrative law),patient confidentiality, informed consent and advanced directives, professional discipline, health care access,government health care policies, managed care, criminal fraud and abuse, patient rights, labor and employment law,environmental regulation, insurance law, public safety and homeland defense/terrorism. Prerequisite: BA 303. Threecredits.BA 473 International Financial ManagementManagement of the contemporary firm’s international financial operations. Topics include international money andcapital markets, exchange rate risk, international capital structure and the cost of capital, international capitalbudgeting and cash management. Prerequisite: BA 330. Three credits.BA 490 Business Policy and StrategyStrategic management, formulation, implementation and control are examined using a case study approach. Topicsinclude corporate social responsibility (CSR), agency theory, resource-based-view of the firm, value chain analysis,executive compensation, balanced scoreboard, bankruptcy, strategic analysis and choice, strategy implementation,structuring an effective organization, organization, organizational leadership, strategic control and continuousimprovement. The focus is upon the strategic management and alignment of these areas to achieve the objectivesof the business empire. Prerequisite: BSB senior-level standing. Three credits.BA 493 Advanced Management Theory and PracticeA future oriented senior capstone in management designed to synthesize previous learning and to prepare thestudent for entry into the work force as an entry or mid-level manager. Prerequisite: BSB senior-level standing.Three credits.BA 495 Directed StudyUtilized for courses in business administration that are not offered elsewhere, and for individuals desiring to pursuea given issue, topic, or concentration further than obtainable in regularly scheduled courses. May be repeated once.Prerequisite: BSB junior-level or senior-level standing. Three credits.BA 498 Business InternshipA link between the classroom and experience on the job, the internship provides qualified students a three-wayarrangement among the professor-advisor, the employer and the student-employee. Students may obtainappropriate employment on their own or in conjunction with the internship advisor of the school of business. Aminimum of two 40-hour work periods is required for each semester hour of credit for which the course is taken.Prerequisites: BSB junior-level or senior-level standing and permission of the internship advisor. Three or six credits.BA 499 Business SeminarGroup study of an advanced topic in business administration. This course can be built around a common interestof the enrolled students or may be used as a forum for presentation and discussion of current faculty research.Prerequisite: BSB junior-level or senior-level standing. Three credits.CHEMISTRY (CHEM)CHEM 105 Chemistry and SocietyThis course is intended for students not majoring in the natural sciences. It provides an introduction to thechemistry of everyday life with a focus on its relation to societal issues. Topics may include the atmosphere, water,nuclear and solar energy, plastics, drugs, cosmetics, and nutrition. Three lecture hours plus two laboratory hours perweek. CHML 105 Chemistry and Society lab must be taken concurrently. Four credits.CHEM 121 General Chemistry IA study of the fundamental laws and principles of chemistry. Emphasis is given to standard laboratory proceduresand techniques for chemical analysis. This course is designed to provide the student with a chemical background tobe utilized in other fields of work as well as for further work in science. Three-hour lecture plus three-hourlaboratory per week. CHML 121 General Chemistry I lab must be taken concurrently. Four credits.