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required to teach and conduct research successfully in the area of
specialization. This part of the program will be developed by the
supervisory committee in conjunction with the student. The
specialization courses are primarily offered within the Department of
Management, although it is quite common for students to take
courses in related disciplines, such as Marketing, Finance,
Economics, Psychology, Statistics, and Decision and Information
Systems.
Procedures for the qualifying examinations, dissertation, and final
examination are given in the Requirements for the Ph.D. section of
this catalog.
Combined Degree Program––The Department offers a
bachelor's/master's program with the Department of Industrial and
Systems Engineering. Contact the graduate coordinator for
information.
BUL 5445: Ethical Role of the Manager(1) Meeting the
responsibilities of being entrusted with resources to manage.
BUL 5810: Legal Environment of Business (3) American legal
system, sources of law, adjudication, legal nature of corporation,
major areas of state and federal corporate law, state and federal
regulation of business, legal aspects of ethical and social
responsibility of business; intellectual property, employment law,
torts and contracts.
BUL 5811: Managers and Legal Environment of Business (2)
Designed for M.B.A. students. Law governing relationships with
corporation and between corporation and social, political, and
ethical environment. Business and the Constitution, litigation and
dispute resolution, agency and forms of business organization, state
and federal regulation of corporations and securities.
BUL 5831: Commercial Law (3) Prereq: BUL 4310.Primarily for
students in M.Acc. program. Contracts for sale of goods and
services, documents of title, secured transactions, negotiable
instruments, commercial paper, payment systems, bankruptcy, and
related subjects. Emphasis on Uniform Commercial Code, federal
bankruptcy act, and other federal and uniform state laws.
BUL 5832: Commercial Law for Accountants(2) Prereq: level
5––M.Acc. Legal ramifications of business transactions. Basic
transactional areas to be studied include contracts, sales, and
secured transactions. Brief review of accountants' legal liability.
BUL 6440: Business Ethics and Corporation Social
Responsibility (3) Practical issues of managers in addressing
ethical and moral problems; emphasis on critical thinking skills and
developing an analytical framework for thinking about business
ethical problems.
BUL 6441: Business Ethics and Corporate Social Responsibility
(2) Designed for advanced master's students in business
administration. Ethical issues managers face in business
organizations.