An introductory course in microeconomics focusing on individuals as consumers, producers, and resource owners operating in a market system. The supply and demand model is used to analyze how prices and output are determined in both the product and factor markets. Decision making in the firm is studied under different market structures.

This introductory writing course is designed to build writing skills and to increase students’ enjoyment of writing through extensive practice. The course focuses on teaching students to discover and develop ideas they wish to communicate, and then on the numerous technical skills necessary to make communication effective and engaging. Students will develop their voices, their styles, and their mechanics through multiple writing projects and through a focus on revision. Readings will illustrate the styles and organizational patterns of effective student and professional writers.

This course will establish the fundamental principles of effective speaking, which will be practiced in informative and persuasive speeches. Students are responsible for written critiques of one another’s speeches.

This course considers the evolution of civilization from pre-historic beginnings to the 15th century through generalized development stages including the rise of agriculture, the evolution of major civilizations, and the establish- ment of commercial and cultural ties.

This course focuses on the five centuries after 1450 as technology and military and political organizations resulted in the creation of international trade systems and power alliances, leading to the decline in western imperialism and reemergence of major Asiatic civilizations.

Designed for students with three years of high school mathematics, which includes two years of high school algebra or its equivalent. Topics include real numbers, the number system, linear equations, inequalities, exponents, radicals, factoring, functions, slope, equations of straight lines, graphing, linear models, break-even analysis, market equilibrium, quadratics, applications of quadratic functions, graphing polynomials, and applications of functions to practical, ”real life” situations.
Prerequisite: MATH 090, its equivalent, or three years of high school mathematics

This course provides an introductory understanding of business. Offered to all first-year and transfer students, regardless of intended concentration, the course defines business, explores the role of business in and its relationship to society, presents an overview of business management theories and practices, and previews the disciplinary functions of business, including accounting, finance, information systems, marketing, and human resources.

A hands-on course designed to introduce the student to microcomputer application software, with an emphasis on Microsoft Office. Students will also learn about the Nichols Network, and the security and ethical implications of being connected to both the Nichols Network and the global internet.

Intensive practice in a variety of approaches to professional writing tasks: memoranda, correspondence, proposals, and both brief and longer reports.
Prerequisite: ENGL 105

An introduction to the environmental geologic forces and man’s interaction with them. Concentrates on environmental management that reduces geologic hazards and sustains natural resources. Topics include coastal erosion, groundwater management, river flooding, earthquakes, volcanoes, glaciers, global warming, rock types, energy production, and global changes. Laboratory.

A basic course focusing on the accounting systems, preparation of financial statements, selected balance sheet items and financial statement analysis as applied in various business organizations. This course will assist the organization manager with decision making.

Financial Accounting Lab will help students apply fundamental accounting concepts and principles to realistic business events through the use of a commercially available accounting software product. It provides a computerized environment in which students learn to analyze, interpret, and investigate accounting information to make business decisions.

An introduction to the macroeconomic concepts of employment, income, and output, with an emphasis on their measurement and determination. The impact of policy decisions on the business cycle is investigated.

General principles of business finance focusing on markets, analysis, interest rates, the time value of money, the valuation of securities and capital allocation within the system. A brief exposure to mergers and international finance is included.
Prerequisites: ACCT 238 and MATH 117

A comprehensive introduction to the various facets of marketing in current business applications. Topics include product development, pricing, distribution channels, and promotion; as well as the environments in which marketers work in the United States and in other markets.
Prerequisite: MGMT 100

A first course in probability and statistics covering descriptive statistics, statistical graphs, probability, probability distributions, and sampling, and hypothesis testing. Elements of regression and correlation are potential topics. Statistical tables and the Microsoft Excel software package will be used throughout the course.
Prerequisite: MATH 117 or MATH 121 or MATH 190

This course will introduce the study of management theory and practice. The managerial process, organizational dynamics and behavior, as well as other selected topics including entrepreneurship and careers in management will be presented.
Prerequisite: MGMT 100

A basic course focusing on the accounting systems, preparation of financial statements, selected balance sheet items and financial statement analysis as applied in various business organizations. This course will assist the organization manager with decision making.

Financial Accounting Lab will help students apply fundamental accounting concepts and principles to realistic business events through the use of a commercially available accounting software product. It provides a computerized environment in which students learn to analyze, interpret, and investigate accounting information to make business decisions.

Examines the uses of accounting data for planning and control in organizations. Topics include cost classification, profit planning, activity based costing, flexible budgets, marginal and break-even analysis. Computer usage is integrated. Not open to accounting majors.
Prerequisite: ACCT 238

An introduction to the macroeconomic concepts of employment, income, and output, with an emphasis on their measurement and determination. The impact of policy decisions on the business cycle is investigated.

General principles of business finance focusing on markets, analysis, interest rates, the time value of money, the valuation of securities and capital allocation within the system. A brief exposure to mergers and international finance is included.
Prerequisites: ACCT 238 and MATH 117

A comprehensive introduction to the various facets of marketing in current business applications. Topics include product development, pricing, distribution channels, and promotion; as well as the environments in which marketers work in the United States and in other markets.
Prerequisite: MGMT 100

A first course in probability and statistics covering descriptive statistics, statistical graphs, probability, probability distributions, and sampling, and hypothesis testing. Elements of regression and correlation are potential topics. Statistical tables and the Microsoft Excel software package will be used throughout the course.
Prerequisite: MATH 117 or MATH 121 or MATH 190

This course will introduce the study of management theory and practice. The managerial process, organizational dynamics and behavior, as well as other selected topics including entrepreneurship and careers in management will be presented.
Prerequisite: MGMT 100

Business Law I is a broad introduction to the American legal system concentrating on issues related to commerce. The course begins with an overview of the judicial system and a look at the difference between dispute resolution through litigation (court) and alternate methods such as mediation and arbitration. That’s followed by an expo- sure to the fundamental law of the land, the U.S. Constitution. After a brief look at criminal law the course focuses on the areas of civil law that are most significant to business. These include contracts, torts (non criminal wrongs), warrantees and product liability, employment law and intellectual property (patents and copyrights). The course finishes with an in depth study of the most important piece of business legislation passed in the last 50 years, the Sarbanes-Oxley act of 2002.
Prerequisite: MGMT 100

This course provides a set of Operations Management concepts and tools for your use in managing your organization and in gaining competitive advantage. The course is structured to provide you with practical and relevant applications of these tools. It recognizes the key role of processes in business and explores the elements which impact these business processes. It is equally suited for either the manufacturing sector or the service sector. Key elements include operations strategy, process design and improvement and process layout, capacity management, technology, the role of quality and quality systems, and the management of the supply chain, including inventory, forecasting and scheduling.
Prerequisite: MGMT 226 and ECON 221

This course introduces students to the world of management information systems from a manager’s perspective. Hardware, software and network technologies that support a firm’s operations will be studied. Real world cases and contemporary issues brought about by computers will be discussed.
Prerequisite: MGMT 226

This course focuses on the interplay between business activities and their relationships with society and governmental institutions.
Prerequisites: ECON 221 or ECON 222 and MGMT 226 or MKTG 202

An interdisciplinary capstone course for business administration majors that is designed to integrate divergent but relevant business issues, interrelationships, and corporate and managerial agendas. Various stakeholders are identified and studied. Requires case analysis and an end-of-semester project dealing with a major strategic analysis and presentation of a Fortune 500 corporation.
Prerequisite: MGMT 365

This course is designed to enhance the student’s professional and communication skills in order to develop and maintain a positive environment at work while preparing for future advancement opportunities. As a seminar course, the classes are highly interactive and will cover the following topics: interpersonal communication, critical decision making, negotiation and conflict management, the ethics of management, leadership strategies and effective public speaking. *Should be taken within the last 30 credits of the B.S.B.A.

This course introduces students to the fundamental practices involved in effective human resource management, such as recruiting, performance evaluation, compensation, employment law, and employee rights. HR theory and practice is emphasized within the context of improving organizational productivity and developing employee potential.
Prerequisite: MGMT 100

An intensive course designed to broaden and strengthen the foundation laid in the introductory courses. Accounting principles are analyzed and applied in the preparation of financial statements, utilization of time value of money concepts, and examination of cash, short-term investments, receivables, and inventories. Includes computer applications.
Prerequisite: ACCT 238

A continuation of ACCT 241. Topics include current liabilities and contingencies, long-term assets, long-term debt, and owner’s equity. Requires computer usage.
Prerequisite: ACCT 241

Students analyze cost behavior, accumulation and allocation concepts in job and activity based costing and process costing systems. Students also examine estimated cost systems; budgetary control with standard costs; and cost and profit analysis for decision-making purposes. Computer usage is integrated.
Prerequisite: ACCT 238

This course is intended to make the student aware of the major tax issues that influence decision-making by businesses and investors. Specific topics include tax planning, income determination, capital vs. ordinary income, the deductibility of expenses, and the tax implications of various forms of business entities.
Prerequisite: FIN 203

A course designed to give the accounting student an understanding of auditing theory. Topics include generally accepted auditing standards, audit reports, professional ethics, fraud auditing, internal control, and sampling and evidence-gathering techniques.
Prerequisite: ACCT 242

This course will cover investigative methodologies, financial and quantitative data analysis, investigative plans, multi-disciplinary teams, and best practices.  Students will also examine legal and ethical duties and issues, use case study analysis to emphasize background verifications, employee misconduct, employee and external fraud, and joint investigations with law enforcement. Overall, students will understand how properly conducted investigations may be used as a risk management tool.
Prerequisite: MIS 109, CJM 209

Physical security includes an assembly (combination) of security-related equipment, devices and technologies, designated and arranged to signal (alert) personnel to negative (loss causing) event or circumstances.  Topics to be covered in this course include controlling and monitoring the access of persons and vehicles, prevention and detection of unauthorized intrusions and surveillance, safeguarding negotiable documents, proprietary information, merchandise, and buildings.  Students will learn that critical to effective physical security is identifying and assessing the security (asset protection) requirements related to (anticipated) risks and threats to a given facility’s perimeter, interior, and contents.
Prerequisite: CJM 302

This course will cover topics such as risk identification and assessment of multi-hazards whether natural and man-made, violence in the workplace, development of crisis and disaster incident management programs, and business/agency continuation planning.  Students will understand that natural and man-made hazards represent a threat to the financial welfare of a corporation/agency and the safety of its employees and visitors.
Prerequisite: CJM 209

This course will examine legal, ethical and privacy issues (national and international context) along with practical applications related to the development of effective information security measures intended to mitigate current and emerging threats and vulnerabilities. This course will also discuss the area of crime through the use of a computer and the ethical use of computer related technologies. The importance of this area of study is driven by the growing worldwide demand and reliance on nanno second communication and dissemination of information/data through combinations of electronic satellite technologies.
Prerequisite: CJM 347

This capstone course will examine state-of-the-art (best practice) methodologies, strategies and approaches relevant to the acquisition of skills, competencies and conceptual (big picture) expertise necessary for successful and effective security management. This course will emphasize qualitative and quantitative (analytical) approaches relevant to the accurate forecasting, identification and assessment of security-related issues, and concerns in multi-national environments using problem-based learning as the primary instructional strategy.
Prerequisite: CJM 347

An intermediate course in microeconomics analyzing the process by which the decisions of households and business firms interact through a price system to influence the allocation of resources. Practical applications are used to illustrate the usefulness of economic theory.
Prerequisite: ECON 221, 222

Labor Economics deals with labor markets, the arrangement under which firms demand workers and the workers supply their labor. Labor is demanded because of its productivity in producing goods and services. Labor is supplied for monetary as well as non-monetary reasons, such as stability of employment, job safety, and opportunity for advancement. Special course attention is given to recent developments which affect the market, which include technology, international competitiveness, minimum wage legislation, union activities, income distribution and ethical issues.
Prerequisite: ECON 221, 222

An examination of the effects of government expenditure, borrowing, and taxation upon resource allocation, national income, employment, and prices. Topics include the scope of the public sector, decision rules for government expenditures, criteria for an optimal tax system, impact of deficit financing on the economy, and the unique problems inherent in financing state and local governments.
Prerequisite: ECON 221, 222

An examination of the role that money, interest rates and financial intermediaries play in the operation of the U.S. economy. The emphasis of the course is to give students an overview of the U.S. financial system and an understanding of the theory and practice of monetary policy. The topics blend institutional analysis with theoretical modeling and empirical/historical perspectives.
Prerequisite: ECON 221, 222

An economic analysis of the foundations of international trade and the impact of trade on domestic and global economies. The course includes a study of the balance of payments, world debt, exchange rates, and the international monetary system. Current issues and problems are emphasized. Prerequisite: ECON 221, 222

Economic analysis applied to urban and regional problems of redevelopment with emphasis on analysis and techniques relevant to changing urban form and function, regional public finance, housing and renewal, poverty and race, transportation, and environmental problems.
Prerequisite: ECON 221, 222

Analysis of long-term corporate financial decisions, including capital budgeting, cost of capital, leverage, dividend policy, debt and equity financing, working capital management, and business combinations.
Prerequisite: FIN 203

A study of investment principles and techniques including the investment environment, evaluation of securities, current practices in the securities/investments industry, and the formulation of investment objectives.
Prerequisite: FIN 203

An introduction to the financial issues that impact the lives of average people every day. The course covers money management, the rudiments of investing, personal tax, the fundamentals of life, health and property insurance, the tradeoffs between risk and return in investing, home ownership and mortgages, the pitfalls of consumer debt, retirement planning, and estate planning.
Prerequisite: FIN 203

This course is intended to make the student aware of the major tax issues that influence decision-making by businesses and investors. Specific topics include tax planning, income determination, capital vs. ordinary income, the deductibility of expenses, and the tax implications of various forms of business entities.
Prerequisite: FIN 203

An examination of the role that money, interest rates and financial intermediaries play in the operation of the U.S. economy. The emphasis of the course is to give students an overview of the U.S. financial system and an understanding of the theory and practice of monetary policy. The topics blend institutional analysis with theoretical modeling and empirical/historical perspectives.
Prerequisite: ECON 221, 222

Labor Economics deals with labor markets, the arrangement under which firms demand workers and the workers supply their labor. Labor is demanded because of its productivity in producing goods and services. Labor is supplied for monetary as well as non-monetary reasons, such as stability of employment, job safety, and opportunity for advancement. Special course attention is given to recent developments which affect the market, which include technology, international competitiveness, minimum wage legislation, union activities, income distribution and ethical issues.
Prerequisite: ECON 221, 222

Hiring qualified talent is no guarantee that these employees will achieve their potential. Without nurturing, much of this talent will remain untapped and wasted. High performing workforces are the result of continuous development and effective motivational strategy. Based on sound motivational theory, this course examines why people work and what organizations should know and do in order to create winning teams.
Prerequisite: HRM 213

This course examines the relationship between rewards and performance on the job. Students will learn about the issues that influence how organizations set pay and benefits policies including executive bonus and deferred compensation plans. They will also examine how compensation differs by job level and by job location and how these factors contribute to decisions regarding outsourcing and off-shoring of jobs.
Prerequisite:  HRM 213

The purpose of this course is to introduce students to project management and how the role of Project Manager can enhance the success of both large and small projects within a business.  Students will gain an understanding of the nine different project management knowledge areas and the five process groups: initiating, planning, executing, controlling, and closing, and apply these as a framework and context for managing information technology projects.
Prerequisites: MGMT 226

This course provides fundamental knowledge and skills in entrepreneurship and intrapreneurship, both of which focus on the process of establishing and successfully operating a new business.  Entrepreneurship is setting up a freestanding new business and accepting the risks of time, effort and money associated with such a venture.  Intrapreneurship is forming a new business within an organizational setting where the sponsoring organization assumes the risks and the ownership of the outcome.
Prerequisite: MGMT 226

Examines management theory and practice as applied to business activities that cross national boundaries. Emphasis is placed on an understanding of strategic, cultural, behavioral, functional, legal, and socio-ethnical aspects of international management in a global economy with multinational business enterprises.
Prerequisite: MGMT 226

This course focuses on the strategies and tactics for conceiving, developing, initiating and managing innovation and change within an established corporate structure. Topics include: attributes of corporate entrepreneurs, bases of creativity and innovation, interpersonal and interdepartmental relationships, promoting innovation and change within the corporate structure, organizational politics, strategic organizational changes, and corporate culture.
Prerequisite: MGMT 226

The purpose of this course is to introduce students to the world of information ethics and security from a manager’s perspective, with practical application to real world scenarios through detailed team-based case analyses.  Students will gain an understanding of information ethics, existing and emerging cyber-laws, key organizational liability issues regarding employee and employer rights and protections, and explore several key Code of Ethics.  Additionally, students will develop a comprehensive, practical perspective of information security.
Prerequisite: MIS 309

This course will focus on creation of Web pages using HTML, Word, Netscape Composer, and Microsoft Front Page.  The class will also focus on file management, content creation, programming, and image manipulation.

Examination of the consumer marketing process. This includes analysis and planning of consumer product marketing programs tied in with investigation of consumer decision making and buying patterns. Includes written case analyses.
Prerequisite: ECON 221, ECON 222, MKTG 202

A study of the application of research techniques in market analysis. Student teams design, conduct and report a research project, including problem definition, questionnaire design, data collection, data analysis, documentation and presentation of findings.
Prerequisite: MATH 215, MKTG 361

A course which focuses on advertising, sales promotion and direct marketing while integrating all aspects of the marketing process. Topics include: planning and execution of promotional programs, strategy development, product targeting and positioning. Orientation reflects the managerial or “client” side of business rather than the “creative” or message development side.
Prerequisite: MKTG 361

An investigation of the functions and activities of sales managers. Topics include recruiting, organizing, training, compensating, leading, motivating, and managing the sales force.
Prerequisite: MKTG 361