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Majors and Courses of InstructionEconomics Management361. Financial Management (Boos, MacLeod)The scope and nature of managerial finance. Topics include capital budgeting techniques, financialanalysis, time value of money, risk and return, financial forecasting, sources and forms of long-termfinancing, and the cost of capital. Prerequisite: C- or better in ACCT 217. F, S.363. Organizational Structure and Design (Staff )Analysis of organization structures and processes. The role of management in both private andpublic organizations receives special attention. Case studies are employed to illustrate and applyorganization theory. Also listed as SOAN 363.365. Entrepreneurship (Boos, Staff)Brief overview of innovation and entrepreneurship in economic history and theory. Explorescontemporary entrepreneurship within the larger economic and societal context. Investigates theskills, concepts, and theories employed by entrepreneurs in creating and building new ventures.Student teams fully develop a proposed new business venture including preparing and presenting acomplete business plan. F, S.369. International Business Ethics (Flynn)(Alternate years. Not offered 2011-2012)Major ethical principles and their application to modern business practices are discussed. Thecourse uses case studies to focus on the modern corporation, with special attention to ethicaldilemmas arising in the context of international business. Also listed as PHIL 369. S.376. International Business (Boos, MacLeod)Fundamentals of international business and management in a global environment. This course willcover concepts related to the external international environment, business and national culture,cross culture communication and negotiations, multinational strategies, and global operationsmanagement. Prerequisites: C- or better in ECON 110, and EMAN 210. F.400.1. Advanced Marketing Concepts (Bryan)This class both extends the marketing concepts introduced in EMAN 210 and explores additional,more advanced topics, such as market research, supply chain management and distribution,consumer behavior, sales management, psychographic market segmentation and marketingcommunications. This course may also analyze industrial marketing, international marketing,services marketing and e-marketing. Teaching methodologies range from theoretical study toapplied case analysis. Prerequisites: C- or better in EMAN 210, ECON 110 and MATH 105 or230 or PSYC 210. Juniors and above. S.462. Advanced Corporate Finance (MacLeod)(Alternate years. Not offered 2011-2012)This course extends the financial concepts introduced in EMAN 361, exploring topics in corporatefinance such as corporate restructuring (mergers, acquisitions and leveraged buyouts), derivatives(e.g. futures, forwards and options), working capital management, operating/financial leverage,foreign exchange, corporate governance and pension management. Teaching methodologies willrange from theoretical study to applied case analysis. Prerequisites: C- or better in ACCT 217,EMAN 361 and MATH 105 or equivalent. F.97