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Studies the marketing concept including discovering consumer needs, translating the needs and wants into products and services, creating the demand for the products and services, and expanding the demand. Prerequisite: MGT101. 4 quarter hours.

Addresses the financial aspects of a business: financing operations, combinations and the organization of a business; how the financial function of a business relates to the financial community. Prerequisites: MGT122, MGT101, and one economics course or consent of the program director. 4 quarter hours.

Examines the actual roles managers play in complex organizations. Prepares aspiring managers and professional/technical employees for management positions while helping them to work more effectively with current managers. Examines management theory critically for utility in light of actual practice. Prerequisites: MGT101 and MGT106. 4 quarter hours.

Addresses functional uses of communication in planning, organizing, staffing, directing and controlling. Discusses methods of researching business information and techniques for presenting collected data. Fosters development of organization, documentation, and style in oral and written reports. Prerequisites: MGT101 and MGT106. 4 quarter hours.

Introduces basic ethical principles within a business framework. Addresses standards of ethical conduct within the business community; codes of ethics; concerns over corporate behavior; ethical responsibilities to firms, employees, customers, stockholders, and others in society. Examines advantages of professional codes of ethics. Prerequisites: MGT302 and MGT204. 4 quarter hours.

Represents a blend of concepts from industrial engineering, cost accounting, general management, quantitative methods, and statistics. Covers production and operation activities, such as forecasting, choosing for an office or plant, allocating resources, designing products and services, scheduling activities, and assuring quality. Prerequisites: MGT101, MGT220 and LAM216. 4 quarter hours.

Draws on the behavioral sciences to provide insight into consumer needs, wants, and behavior in the marketplace. Emphasizes how the manager in business and non-business organizations can build an understanding of the individual consumer into the marketing decisions of goods and/or services. Provides an overview of the role of consumer research. Prerequisite: MGT300. 4 quarter hours.

Covers advertising as it pertains to the development of a marketing promotional program. Examines the role of advertising in implementing marketing objectives and strategies. Identifies and evaluates the various forms of advertising based on marketing objectives. All aspects of mass communication, from planning to the final evaluation of the promotional mix, are examined. Also includes an examination of current topics in advertising (interactive media, infomercials, international advertising, etc.). Prerequisite: MGT300. 4 quarter hours.

Studies the research process as an aid to planning and decision making in marketing management. Topics include the role of research and information systems in defining and planning research needs, obtaining marketing information, and identifying target markets. Attention is also given to product and advertising research and market and sales analysis. Prerequisites: MGT300 and LAM216. 4 quarter hours.

This course is designed to teach the beginning programmers in developing applications and applets using Java programming. This course also introduces students to object-oriented programming concepts along with Java syntax to implement them. Fundamentals of structured logic using decisions, loops, and array manipulation are discussed. Prerequisite: MGT347. 4 quarter hours

Focuses on what someone entering the retailing field really needs to know. The retailing environment will be analyzed, examining customers and competition in retailing. Merchandising, buying, handling, pricing, advertising and promotion, and customer service will be explored. Location analysis will also be examined as a success factor in retailing. Prerequisite: MGT300. 4 quarter hours.

Examines financial institutions, systems, regulating bodies, and policies. Prerequisites: MGT101 and one economics course. 4 quarter hours.

Presents a thorough investigation of Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP) underlying corporate financial statements. Emphasis is placed on the qualitative characteristics of accounting information and the objectives of financial reporting. Covers the accounting and reporting requirements for receivables and inventories, compound interest, and annuities. Prerequisite: MGT122. 4 quarter hours.

Involves students in a thorough investigation of Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP) underlying the financial reporting of marketable securities; contingent liabilities; plant, property and equipment; and long-term debt. Introduces the accounting and reporting requirements for capital stock, stock rights, stock warrants, convertible securities, and deferred income taxes. Prerequisite: MGT320 4 quarter hours.

Involves students in a thorough investigation of Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP) underlying the financial reporting of pension plans, capital and operating leases, discontinued operations, changes in accounting principles, and earnings per share. Introduces the accounting requirements for changing prices, interpreting and analyzing financial statements, and reporting of financial-statement disclosures. Prerequisite: MGT321. 4 quarter hours.

Introduces students to the field of management accounting focusing on the development of useful cost information for product costing and management reporting purposes. Develops an understanding of management decision making through the application of cost behavior analysis, product costing methods, variance analysis, cost allocation techniques, and transfer pricing. Prerequisite: MGT220. 4 quarter hours.

The proliferation of corporate database and the development of telecommunication network technology as gateways to intrusion are examined. Ways of investigating the management of the risk and security of data systems are presented as a function of design through recovery and protection. Issues of risk and security, as they relate to specific industries government, are major topics in the course. Examples are presented of how major technological advances in computer and operating systems have placed data, as tangible corporate assets, at risk. Quantitative techniques for risk assessment and for qualitative decision making under uncertainty are explored. 4 quarter hours

Course provides an overview of enterprise resource planning. Students will learn how to create a seamless integration of information flow through an organization by combining various sources of information into coherent software applications and databases. They will also learn how to transform business processes to create a seamless flow in supply chains. The course presents the origins and evolution of ERP along with trends and issues it has created. 4 quarter hours

This course presents a systematic structural approach to systems analysis and design. It covers all the phases in systems life cycle from conception to implementation and evaluation. Prerequisite: MGT240. 4 quarter hours.

This course teaches the fundamentals of computer networks including data communications and telecommunications concepts. It emphasizes the importance of the Intranets and teaches students the hardware and software setup for intranets. Prerequisite: MGT350. 4 quarter hours.

Provides students with a conceptual framework and body of knowledge concerning contemporary information systems. 4 quarter hours.

Provides practical tools for planning, implementing and controlling marketing activities for a new venture. Prerequisite: MGT300. 4 quarter hours.

Presents a broad perspective of international accounting with emphasis on accounting standards and practices in selected countries in Asia, Australia, Canada and Europe; disclosure practices around the world; accounting for inflation in various countries; multinational consolidation of financial statements; and accounting information systems for multinational corporations. Prerequisite: MGT122. 4 quarter hours.

Spotlights the economic and business rationale for the existence of multinational firms in a foreign exchange risk context. Covers foreign exchange exposure, variables that cause exchange rates to change, international capital markets, long-term worldwide cost of capital, and short- and intermediate-term financing through the international banking systems. Prerequisites: MGT122, MGT301 and one economics course. 4 quarter hours.

This course provides an understanding of how business firms manage international operations. It explores how a manager's role and decisions need to adapt as the company goes beyond a single national boundary. The course explores only the socio- cultural environment abroad, but also the organizational problems that result from attempting to integrate and coordinate a complex set of operations worldwide. This course includes subtopics such as overseas market selection, planning, product adaptation, channel selection, pricing behavior, promotion strategy, exporting and importing. 5 quarter hours for International management concentration and 4 quarter hours for cohort model BA Business Administration. Prerequisite(s): Junior standing and minimum of two management courses or consent of the CMB Admission Team. This course can be taken as part of the concentration in International Management or independent of the concentration. It can also be taken as part of the BABA program. 4-5 quarter hours

Presents an applied course devoted to the extended study of marketing products abroad. Includes subtopics such as overseas market selection, planning, product adaptation, channel selection, pricing behavior, promotion strategy, exporting and importing. Involves case studies and a problem-solving approach, which accompanies the lecture format. Prerequisite: MGT270 or MGT300. 4 quarter hours.

The purpose of the class is to provide business students with and understanding of not-for-profit business by using the Field Museum. Each week students will meet with one of the internationally renowned administrators of the Museum who will explain the operations and the business side of the museum. Students will be provided with knowledge in financial, human resource management, purchasing, development, fund raising, and strategic management as it relates to the not-for-profit world renowned Field Museum. Prerequisite(s): Senior status and instructor's permission. 4 quarter hours