~EGULAR SESSION - University of Oregon

274 PROFESSIONAL SCHOOLS
Term Hours
Business organization theory & policy-minimum.. __ ..... .__ ..... 9
A major functional area of business (accounting, finance, marketing,
production-programs in other areas may be arranged)-minimum...... 9
Statistics & quantitative control-minimum......... 9
Advanced Economic Theory (Ec 458, 459, 460).............................. 9
*A field of study other than business-minimum.. .._ _...... 9
(3) Submission of a thesis presenting an original and major contribution
to the understanding of the thesis subject, for a minimum of 18 term hours of
credit (the student must enroll for 3 term hours in Thesis in each term the thesis
is uncompleted after he has passed his comprehensive examinations, up to a maximum
of 36 term hours).
(4) Examinations, including: (a) a qualifying examination, normally taken
during the student's second term of doctoral studies; (b) written comprehensive
examinations, not less than one academic year before the student expects to
complete work for the degree, covering the required five areas of study-see (2),
above; (c) a final oral examination on the thesis.
Reading knowledge of foreign languages is not required.
Research. Doctoral candidates are expected to become actively engaged in
the research program of the school. Opportunities for research experience are
provided in connection with projects of individual faculty members and in the
comprehensive program of the Bureau of Business Research.
Graduate Courses
Accounting and Business Statistics
tAc 501. Research. Hours to be arranged.
tAc 503. Thesis. Hours to be arranged.
Ac 507. Seminar. Hours to be arranged.
Accounting in Administration. Harwood.
Financial Accounting. Luneski.
Managerial Cost Analysis. Harwood.
Accounting Trends. Soha.
BS 507. Seminar. Hours to be arranged.
Statistics for Business Decisions. Baerncopf.
Quantitative Analysis for Business Decisions. Baerncopf.
Ac 511,512. Accounting in Administration. (p) 3 hours each term.
Accelerated introduction to principles and procedures of accounting and the
use of accounting data as a basis for business decisions; intensive survey of
the data-creating process, followed by study of asset valuation, income
measurement, cost analysis and control, and budgeting. Open only to graduate
students who have not completed a college-level course in accounting.
BS 511. Statistics for Business Decisions. (p) 3 hours.
Accelerated study of business statistics; decision theory applications in business;
probability, estimation, hypothesis testing, uses of subjective probability,
introduction to regression analysis. Open only to graduate students who have
not completed BS 232, BS 333 or equivalent. Prerequisite: one year of college
mathematics.
* Facility in the reading of business articles in a foreign language and a general knowledge
of the culture of the region where the language is spoken may be substituted for work in
a field of study other than business.
t No-grade course.