BUS-BUSINESS
– 2005-07
Orfalea College of Business
BUS 100 Study Skills Adjunct (2) (CR/NC)
Offered
concurrently with BUS 101 to assist students in developing and improving their study
skills, textbook comprehension, critical analysis, application and retention of
the subject matter presented in the specific content course. Credit/No Credit grading only. 1
lecture, 1 activity.
BUS 178 Introduction to Human Relations in
Business (3)
Small
group dynamics, leadership, communication, motivation, and perception. The individual in the business
organization. For non-Business majors. 3 lectures.
BUS 200 Special Problems for Undergraduates
(1–4)
Individual
investigation, research, studies, or surveys of selected problems. Total credit limited to 4 units. Prerequisite:
Consent of area coordinator.
BUS 201 Business Law Survey (3)
Overview
of business law for other than business majors. Similar in scope to BUS 207, but in
less detail. Not acceptable for credit toward Business Administration
degree. 3 lectures.
BUS 207 Legal Responsibilities of Business (4)
Examination of the American
legal system and important legal principles for business operations, such as
those involved with contracts, torts, agency, business organizations, and
employment. Emphasis on how legal principles help define socially responsible
conduct. Case studies. 4 lectures.
Prerequisite: Sophomore standing.
BUS 212 Financial Accounting for Nonbusiness Majors (4)
Introduction
to financial accounting theory and practice with an emphasis on financial
statement preparation and analysis.
Not open to Business majors. 4 lectures.
BUS 214 Financial Accounting (4)
Principles
of financial accounting for Business majors. The course prepares students to understand and
interpret financial statement information. Financial reporting standards are
explored to give students an understanding of how financial events are
reflected in financial statements. The course explores the importance of social
responsibility in accounting through spreadsheet applications and Internet
resources. 4 lectures. Prerequisite: Sophomore
standing.
BUS 215 Managerial Accounting (4)
Applications
of accounting for making business decisions. Content includes planning and control issues
including cost behavior, budget preparation, performance reporting; addresses
social responsibility and employee motivational and behavioral considerations. Preparation of spreadsheet applications useful for decision-making.
4 lectures. Prerequisite: Demonstrated competency in
electronic spreadsheet, word processing, and presentation applications. BUS 212 or BUS 214 or equivalent.
BUS 245 Elements of Marketing (4)
Overview
of the marketing institutions and function of marketing in the economic,
socio-cultural and political-legal environments. Not acceptable for credit toward Business
Administration degree. 4 lectures. Prerequisite: ECON
201 or ECON 221 or equivalent, or consent of instructor.
BUS 271 Principles of Management (3)
Management
process involving organization, decision-making, and managerial activities
fundamental to all management levels and functional areas. Application to business firms, governmental agencies,
hospitals, benevolent groups, and colleges. For non-Business
majors. 3 lectures.
BUS 302 International and Cross Cultural
Management (4)
Dimensions
of culture and its variations within and across nations. Impact of culture on managing in a
global context. Development of managerial competencies
requisite to working in and supervising multicultural groups in international
corporations. Frameworks for analyzing cultural and
contextual influences on organizational behavior, culture shock and
readjustment, expatriation and repatriation, cultural change and innovation,
intercultural conflict, and ethical dilemmas. Case studies, behavioral
simulations, self-assessments and fieldwork. 4 lectures.
Prerequisite: Junior standing or consent of instructor.
BUS 303 Introduction to International Business
(4)
Special terms, concepts,
and institutions associated with the environment in which international
companies operate. Students will be enabled to understand, analyze and offer
solutions to global business problems. 4 lectures.
Prerequisite: Junior standing.
BUS 308 Business Law II (4)
Legal aspects of management
decisions, including problems arising in sales, commercial paper, personal
property and bailments, secured transactions,
bankruptcy, and securities regulation, with emphasis on the uniform commercial code.
Case studies. 4 lectures.
Prerequisite: BUS 207 or equivalent and junior standing.
BUS 310 Introduction to Entrepreneurship (4)
Role and impact of
entrepreneurship; characteristics and traits of entrepreneurs; social,
economic, cultural and policy conditions conducive to entrepreneurship;
entrepreneurial thinking; opportunity identification and assessment; the
management team; organizational and legal issues; business models; acquiring
social and financial capital; managing startup to growth; entrepreneurial
behavior in existing organizations; realizing and harvesting value. 4 lectures. Prerequisite: Junior standing.
BUS 311 Managing Technology in the
International Legal Environment (4) GE
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Analysis
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BUS 320 Taxation of Business Entities (4)
Federal
income taxation of the various forms of business entities. Introduction to broad range of tax concepts
and types of taxpayers. Role of taxation in the
business decision-making process. 4 lectures.
Prerequisite: BUS 212 or BUS 214 or consent of instructor.
BUS 321, 322 Intermediate Accounting I, II (4) (4)
Comprehensive
coverage of financial reporting issues. BUS 321 covers financial statements, assets other than investments and
intangibles, and liabilities. BUS 322 covers investments, intangibles,
equities, revenue recognition and the Cash Flows Statement. 4
lectures. Prerequisite: BUS 321: BUS 214 and junior standing; BUS 322:
BUS 321 with minimum grade of C-.
BUS 342 Fundamentals of Corporate Finance (4)
Theory
and applications of financing business operations. Financial management of current and
fixed assets from internal and external sources. Analysis,
planning, control, and problem solving. Some discussion of corporate
social responsibility in the context of corporate objective functions. The use of technology in the form of financial calculators and/or
spreadsheets. 4 lectures. Prerequisite: A grade
of C- or better in all of the following: ECON 222, MATH 221, STAT 252, BUS 215.
Junior standing required.
BUS 343 Quantitative Methods in Finance (4)
Basic mathematical
foundations for advanced courses in finance: mathematical finance -- dealing
with elementary materials (time value of money, single multiple period
portfolio choice, and application of arbitrage), and risk management – dealing with
value-at-risk, stressing current industry practices. 4
lectures. Prerequisite: STAT 252.
BUS 346 Principles of Marketing (4)
Introduction of the
marketing process: identifying target markets; developing and launching
products or services; and managing pricing, promotion, and distribution
strategies. Focus on leveraging technologies that result in innovation and
impact marketing practice. Recognition that markets are
global. Ethics and social responsibility in marketing
decision-making. 4 lectures. Prerequisite: A
grade of C- or better in all of the following: ECON 222, STAT 252, BUS 207, junior standing, or
equivalent. Change
effective Fall 2006.
BUS 350 The Global Environment (4) GE Area F
(Also listed as AG/EDES/ENGR/HUM/SCM 350)
Interdisciplinary
investigation of how human activities impact the Earth’s environment on a
global scale. Examination of population, resource use,
climate change, and biodiversity from scientific/technical and
social/economic/historical/political perspectives. Use
of remote sensing maps. Sustainable solutions. 3 lectures, 1 activity. Prerequisite: Completion of GE Areas
A and B and junior standing.
BUS 360, 361 Undergraduate Integrated Core
Curriculum I, II (12) (12)
The foundation knowledge
and skills required of all business concentrations. Integration
of accounting, finance, marketing, operations management, government and social
influences. Organizational behavior and international
topics in one two-quarter curriculum, based on the approved business core.
10 lectures, 2 activities per course. Prerequisite:
BUS 207, BUS 214, BUS 215, BUS 391, ECON 221, ECON 222, MATH 221, STAT 251,
STAT 252.
BUS 382 Organization, People, and Technology
(4)
Organizations
as sociotechnical systems. Examination of macro dimensions of organizations
including environment, mission, goals, structure, people, technology, and
internal management systems and processes. Case analysis,
experiential class activities. Application to
technology-oriented business settings. 4 lectures.
Prerequisite: Junior standing.
BUS 383 Industrial Relations (3)
Functions
of personnel and labor relations as they relate to the management of the human
resources in the organization. Industrial relations theory and practice. For
non-Business majors only. 3 lectures.
Prerequisite: Junior standing.
BUS 384 Human Resource Management (4)
Introduction
to functional areas of the discipline including staffing, compensation,
employee development and labor relations. Additional workplace issues addressed include performance and human
capital management, employer legal and social responsibility for employee
wellbeing, managing a diverse/global workforce, and using human resource
information systems. 4 lectures. Prerequisite: Junior
standing.
BUS 386 Employee Performance and Knowledge
Management (4)
Needs
assessment, including organization, person, and task or competency analysis. Design, delivery and evaluation of
employee training and human resource development in knowledge-based
organizational settings. Performance management and
feedback systems; development of learning organizations; human resource
information systems (HRIS) applications in career management and training
administration. 4 lectures. Prerequisite: BUS
384.
BUS 387 Organizational Behavior (4)
Application
of behavioral, social and organizational science concepts to management. Exploration of the interactions
between individuals and the organizations in which they work and live.
Individual, interpersonal, team, intergroup and
organizational levels of analysis included in topics such as expectations,
perception, communications, creativity, leadership style, cultural and ethical
behavior, group dynamics, team effectiveness and work design. 4 lectures. Prerequisite: Junior standing. Recommended: A grade of C- or better in STAT 252.
BUS 390 Data Structures for Business Systems
(4)
The use of algorithmic
processes related to business practices. Analysis techniques
for managing data structures such as lists, stacks, queues and trees. Algorithms to perform common programming tasks such as sorting,
searching and hashing. Emphasis on the use of data structures from
object class libraries in projects and exercises. 4 lectures.
Prerequisite: CPE/CSC 101 or CSC 237 (with a grade of C- or better), or consent
of instructor.
BUS 391 Information Systems (4)
Computer
applications in business and industry. Information systems and integrated systems concepts, computer hardware
and software, strategic uses of information systems, databases, data
warehousing, decision support systems and artificial intelligence, network
basics, electronic commerce, systems development, ethical use of information,
employing technology in a socially responsible manner, and emerging trends and
technologies in information systems. 3 lectures, 1 activity.
Prerequisite: Junior standing or consent of instructor.
BUS 393 Database Systems in Business (4)
Design, development,
testing, and implementation of databases for business applications. Data modeling with entity relationship diagrams (ERD)
and class diagrams (UML). Data normalization, data integrity, the effect of
business rules on data normalization. Advanced queries using
structured query language (SQL). Database application
development culminating in a database project. 4
lectures. Prerequisite: BUS 391 and BUS 390 or CSC 103, and junior
standing or consent of instructor.
BUS 394 System Analysis and Design (4)
Systems
analysis and design. Project team creation and performance monitoring. Systems
development life cycle and project management, process modeling using data flow
diagrams, data modeling with E/R diagrams, CASE tools, object modeling with
UML, and prototype development. 4 lectures.
Prerequisite or corequisite: BUS 393 (grade of C- or
better) and junior standing.
BUS 395 Systems Design and Implementation (4)
Systems
design and implementation, with focus on project management and incorporating
software quality into the software development process, including software
testing. 4
lectures. Prerequisite: BUS 393 and BUS 394 (both with a minimum grade
of C- or better).
BUS 400 Special Problems for Advanced
Undergraduates (1–4))
Individual
investigation, research, studies, or surveys of selected problems. Total credit limited to 4 units. Prerequisite: Senior
standing or consent of instructor.
BUS 401 Seminar in General Management and
Strategy (4)
Application
of interdisciplinary skills to business and corporate strategy formulation and
implementation. Analysis
of interdependence between external environments and internal systems.
Focus on responsibilities, tasks, and skills of general managers, including
socially responsible behavior and governance. Case studies, group problem
solving. Capstone course of Business core curriculum. 4 seminars. Prerequisite: A grade of C- or better in all
300-level Business core courses, BUS 342, BUS 346, IT 371, BUS 387, BUS 391,
and senior standing.
BUS 402 International Business Management (4)
Managerial
concepts and techniques for analysis and decision making within international
businesses. Environmental
and organizational factors influencing multinational operations. Assessing international market opportunities and entry modes.
Complexities of multinational management strategy, structure
and systems, especially during initial stages of internationalization. Case studies and simulations. 4 lectures.
Prerequisite: BUS 342, BUS 346, BUS 387 or consent of instructor.
BUS 403 Advanced Seminar in International
Management (4)
Integration
of management concepts within complex multinational organizations. Interdisciplinary approach to
identifying and assessing multinational and global competitive environments and
strategies; structuring and managing interdependent multinational operations;
addressing conflicts between domestic and international policies and practices
in multinational enterprises. Case studies, simulations, group analysis
and problem solving. 4 seminars. Prerequisite: BUS 302
and BUS 402 or consent of instructor.
BUS 404 Governmental and Social Influences on
Business (4)
Analysis
from legal, economic, political, and ethical perspectives, of the changing
domestic and international environments of the business enterprise. Topics include administrative law, agencies and
regulatory policy, antitrust law, public policy analysis, business-government
relations, and corporate responsibility. Case studies.
4 lectures. Prerequisite: Senior standing.
BUS 405 Joint Ventures and Alliances (4)
Examination
of joint ventures and alliances between organizations, using cross-cultural,
interdisciplinary perspective.
BUS 406 Managing Mergers, Acquisitions and
Divestitures (4)
Issues associated with
analyzing, negotiating, and managing mergers, acquisitions and divestitures
(MADS) using cross-cultural, interdisciplinary perspective. Rationale for
decision to pursue MADS and processes for identifying targets; valuing and
negotiating MADS; staffing and human resource management issues; strategic
control and integration; and cross-cultural conflict and divided loyalties in
domestic and international MADS. Lectures, case studies and
simulation. 4 lectures. Prerequisite: Senior
standing and completion of BUS 342, BUS 346, and BUS 387, or consent of
instructor.
BUS 407 Managing People in Global Markets (4)
Impact of
cultural and strategic differences on management of people in multinational
organizations. Critical human
resource issues in domestic and international operations. 4
lectures. Prerequisite: Senior standing and completion of BUS 387 or
consent of instructor.
BUS 409 Law of Real Property (4)
Legal
problems of acquisition, ownership and transfer of real property. Contracts, agency, estates, and co-ownership,
mortgages and deeds, covenants, conditions, and restrictions, easements,
landlord-tenant, and zoning. 4 lectures. Prerequisite:
Senior standing.
BUS 410 The Legal Environment of International
Business (4)
BUS 412 Advanced Managerial Accounting (4)
Product costing systems
including hybrid costing systems, management control systems, cost allocation,
activity based costing, cost information for decision making, new manufacturing
environments, and strategic control systems. International dimension integrated
in the course content. 4 lectures. Prerequisite: BUS
215.
BUS 414 Taxation of Partnerships, Estates and Trusts
and Complex Capital Transactions (4)
Federal
income taxation of sales and exchanges, Subchapter S corporations,
partnerships, estates and trusts. Federal gift and estate taxes. 4 lectures.
Prerequisite: BUS 320 or equivalent.
BUS 415 Corporate Tax Accounting and Tax
Administration (4)
Federal
income taxation of regular corporations, tax research, tax administration, and
IRS practice. 4
lectures. Prerequisite: BUS 320 or equivalent.
BUS 416 Volunteer Income Tax Assistance (4)
Coverage
of the deductions and credits applicable to individuals. Training and practice in the preparation of state and
federal income tax returns. Under supervision of qualified professionals, tax
preparation sites are operated to provide free tax assistance to community residents.
2 lectures, 2 activities. Prerequisite: BUS 320 or
equivalent.
BUS 418 Listening to the Customer (4)
A
project-oriented introduction to exploratory, secondary, and qualitative
methods. Access and use of
secondary sources of information that support marketing decision making and
lead to a carefully crafted research plan. Emphasis on
qualitative marketing research techniques, with the goal of setting the stage
for additional data collection. 4 lectures.
Prerequisite: BUS 346.
BUS 419 Strategic Marketing Measurement (4)
Gathering,
analyzing, and reporting information critical for marketing decision making. Focus on primary data collection and analytical
techniques including experimental design, descriptive statistics, chi-square
analysis, ANOVA, and regression. Advanced methods pertaining
to data mining, GIS, and customer relations management (CRM). 4 lectures. Prerequisite: BUS 418 and
STAT 252. Change
effective Fall 2006.
BUS 420 Advanced Financial Reporting (4)
Comprehensive
coverage of selected advanced financial accounting and reporting topics. Topics include revenue recognition, software
development costs, employee stock option plans, pensions and posts retirement
benefit plans, accounting for income taxes, leases, specialized inventory
issues and advanced consolidation issues. 4 lectures.
Prerequisite: BUS 322.
BUS 422 Government and Not-For-Profit Entities
(4)
Accounting and reporting by
state and local governments and not-for-profit entities. State and local
governmental topics include: fund structures, budgetary accounting, the
modified accrual basis of accounting, reporting entity issues. Not-for-profit
topics include: financial and reporting concepts and practices, contributions,
restricted resources, endowments. 4 lectures.
Prerequisite: BUS 321.
BUS 424 Professional Accounting (4)
Development
of the accounting profession. Past, present and future. Emphasis on
contemporary issues confronting the professional accountant and his/her social
and ethical responsibilities and opportunities. 4
lectures. Prerequisite: Consent of instructor.
BUS 425 Auditing (4)
Survey of
the auditing environment including institutional, ethical, and legal liability
dimensions. Introduction to audit
planning, assessing materiality and audit risk, collecting and evaluating audit
evidence, considering the internal control structure, substantive testing, and
reporting. 4 lectures. Prerequisite: BUS 322.
BUS 427 International Accounting (4)
Consideration
of conceptual, managerial, professional and institutional issues of
international accounting. 4 lectures. Prerequisite: BUS 321 or equivalent.
BUS 428 Accounting Policy (4)
Role of
management in establishing and directing accounting policy. Coverage includes impact of management decisions on
external reporting and taxes and the impact of financial reporting requirements
on management decisions. 4 seminars. Prerequisite: BUS
322.
BUS 429 Accounting Process Analysis (4)
Comprehensive coverage of
accounting processes. Computerized accounting processes, internal controls, process mapping and audit considerations. Auditor risk analysis of control weaknesses within ERP accounting
processes. 3 lectures, 1 activity.
Prerequisite: BUS 321 with a minimum grade of C–.
BUS 430 Internship/Cooperative Education
(2–12) (CR/NC)
Work experience in
business, industry, government and other areas of student career interest.
Periodic written progress reports, final report, and evaluation by work
supervisor required. Credit/No Credit grading. Total credit limited to 16
units. Prerequisite: Approval of area chair, junior standing, and a CPSLO
cumulative GPA of at least 2.5 without being on academic probation.
BUS 431 Security Analysis and Portfolio
Management (4)
In-depth
analysis of equity market and its instruments. Detailed study of leading stock
valuation models. Impact of changes in the firm’s funda-mentals and in macroeconomic factors on stock prices.
Brief introduction to equity and index derivatives. 4 lectures. Prerequisite: BUS 342.
BUS 432 Insurance Planning and Risk Management
(4)
Introduction
to insurance planning and risk management and its role in financial planning. Key concepts include determining risk exposure and
selecting insurance products. Legal aspects of property and
liability policy, life, health, and social insurance. 4
lectures. Prerequisite: BUS 342.
BUS 433 International Finance (4)
Financial
management of international business.
International capital and money markets, international
financial institutions, special problems in evaluating direct foreign
investment, and financial techniques used in international business operations.
4 lectures. Prerequisite: BUS 342.
BUS 434 Real Estate Finance (4)
Analyses
of real estate financing techniques and funding sources for development
projects. Effects
of federal, state, and local taxes on real estate investments. In-depth investigation and computer analyses of real estate
investment projects. 4 lectures. Prerequisite:
BUS 342.
BUS 435 Real Estate Investment (4)
Intensive
investigation and computer analysis of real estate investment opportunities. Problems in real estate and
property management. 4 lectures. Prerequisite:
BUS 342.
BUS 436 Entrepreneurial Finance (4)
Process
of financing new and fast-growing firms.
BUS 437 Retirement and Estate Planning (4)
Retirement
planning and employee benefits; Social Security and Medicare; types of
retirement plans; qualified plan characteristics; distribution options; and
group insurance benefits. Trusts, power of attorney, and probate. 4
lectures. Prerequisite: BUS 342.
BUS 438 Advanced Corporate Finance (4)
Corporate
finance with an emphasis on managing the corporation to create shareholder
value. Detailed
treatment of topics such as capital budgeting, capital structure, economic
value-added, corporate distribution policy, financial distress, and mergers and
acquisitions. 4 lectures. Prerequisite: BUS 431
and BUS 439.
BUS 439 Fixed Income Securities and Markets
(4)
Development of analytical
skills for properly valuing fixed income securities. Bond pricing, yields, and
volatility; interest rate term structure and yield curve; securities, market
structure, and analytical techniques; bond portfolio strategies and an
introduction to interest rate derivatives. 4 lectures.
Prerequisite: BUS 342.
BUS 440 Commercial Bank Management (4)
Analysis
of the management of a commercial bank as a profit-making entity. Emphasis put on cases in bank management, especially
those which deal with the management of a bank's asset and liability structure.
4 lectures. Prerequisite: Senior standing, BUS 342,
and ECON 337.
BUS 441 Computer Applications in Finance (4)
A
combination lecture/computer lab course focusing on computer acquisition of
financial data and the subsequent application of financial theory and analysis
to this data so as to facilitate financial decision making. 3 lectures, 1 activity.
Prerequisite: BUS 342.
BUS 442 Introduction to Futures and Options
(4)
An
in-depth analysis of derivatives markets and instruments. Emphasis on the valuation of
futures, options, swaps, and other derivative securities. 4 seminars. Prerequisite: BUS 431.
BUS 443 Case Studies in Finance (4)
Development
of analytical and decision-making techniques in applying financial theory to
business management problems. Emphasizes working capital management, financial analysis and
forecasting, mergers and acquisitions, and other current topics in finance,
including financial ethics. Cases are used to emphasize practical
problems. 4 lectures. Prerequisite: BUS 431, BUS 438,
and BUS 439.
BUS 444 Financial Engineering and Risk
Management (4)
Advanced
course synthesizing concepts from corporate finance, derivative securities,
statistics, and computer science.
Emphasis on both computer programming in a matrix programming language (Matlab) to solve practical risk management and valuation
problems, and analytical training in the area of stochastic calculus, and its
application to derivative security pricing. Practical
applications of derivatives for controlling risk in an international corporate
environment. 4 lectures. Prerequisite: BUS 343,
BUS 422 or BUS 433, CSC 234 or equivalent.
BUS 445 Ethics and Behavioral Finance (4)
Contemporary
theoretical and empirical issues including agency theory, reputation building,
game theory, and financial ethics.
Discussion of the application of ethics theory to financial
decisions. May include lectures, case analyses,
student presentations, and guest speakers. 4 lectures.
Prerequisite: BUS 342.
BUS 446 International Marketing (4)
Basic skills and tools
needed to evaluate the cultural factors that impact the acceptance of products
and services in markets around the world. Building of an
understanding of global marketing strategy. 4
lectures. Prerequisite: BUS 346.
BUS 451 Product Development and Launch (4)
Building
of project-based skills in developing new products and planning for their
launch. Major phases of product
development: opportunity identification, product design and positioning,
pre-market testing and forecasting, and launch marketing. Introduction to
data-gathering methods used to design well differentiated and successful
products. 4 lectures. Prerequisite: BUS 419.
BUS 452 Product Management (4)
Development
of project-based skills in managing products in the growth, maturity, and
decline stages of their life cycles.
Emphasis of the distribution, pricing, and communication strategies required to
maintain distinctive product advantages. Product
modification, product line strategies, and pruning. 4
lectures. Prerequisite: BUS 419.
BUS 454 Developing and Presenting Marketing
Projects (4)
Client-based
course providing an opportunity to apply marketing abilities. Teams draw upon research, analytical, and strategic
marketing skills to develop an actionable plan that addresses a critical
marketing challenge faced by an organization. Deliverables include research
findings and written and verbal presentation to the organization and
instructor. 4 lectures. Prerequisite: BUS 451 and BUS
452.
BUS 455 Marketing Management (4)
Integration
of key marketing concepts using tools such as computer simulations, readings,
and/or case studies. Development and implementation of strategic and tactical decisions
for companies and brands. 4 lectures.
Prerequisite: BUS 451 and BUS 452.
BUS 456 Industrial Customer Interfacing (4)
Focus on managing aspects
of the customer interface for strategic advantage. Emphasis
on building and maintaining customer data bases. Establishing and
maintaining customer service centers. Providing technical
support services. Conference and trade show planning
and development. 4 lectures. Prerequisite: BUS
346 or consent of instructor.
BUS 461, 462 Senior Project I, II (2) (2)
Selection
and analysis of a problem under faculty supervision. Problems typical of those which
graduates must solve in their fields of employment. Formal report is
required. Minimum 120 hours total time.
BUS 463 Senior Project: Applied Accounting and
Auditing Research (4)
Practice with multiple
authoritative accounting and auditing databases, actual published financial reports,
and business writing. Real world accounting and auditing
issues, including revenue recognition and ethics issues. Federal and state regulation of securities transactions.
Prerequisite: BUS 322 and Graduation Writing Requirement.
BUS 464 Applied Senior Project Seminar (4)
Selection and analysis of
business problems and opportunities in directed individual or group-based
projects. Problems typical to those which graduates could
encounter in their fields of employment. Formal report required. 4 seminars. Prerequisite: Senior standing.
BUS 470 Selected Advanced Topics (1–4)
Directed
group study of selected topics for advanced students. Open to undergraduate and graduate students. Class Schedule will list topic selected.
Total credit limited to 8 units. 1–4 lectures. Prerequisite: Consent of
instructor.
BUS 471 Compensation (4)
Design
and management of compensation systems. Job analysis, job evaluation, wage and salary surveys, incentive
systems, gainsharing, benefit administration, pay
equity and legal regulation. Simulation and case study development of a wage structure, pay level and individual raise policies,
administrative controls, salary and program budgets. 4
lectures. Prerequisite: BUS 384 and STAT 252, or equivalent.
BUS 472 Labor Relations (4)
Union
organizing. Negotiation
and administration of collective agreements. Simulation of bargaining,
grievance, and arbitration processes. 4 lectures.
Prerequisite: BUS 384 or equivalent.
BUS 473 Employment Law (4)
Federal and state labor
policy as expressed in common law, relevant statutes, and executive orders. Effects upon employees, management, protected groups, and the
public. Current rules analyzed in a contemporary and historical context.
Understanding important workplace and employment problems.
4 lectures. Prerequisite: BUS 207, BUS 384 or
equivalent.
BUS 474 Independent Study in Accounting (4)
Individual
investigation, research, study or survey of selected topics in accounting,
auditing or taxation. Total credit
limited to 8 units, repeatable in the same term. Class Schedule will list topic selected. Prerequisite: BUS 322.
BUS 475 Staffing (4)
Processes by which
individuals and organizations become matched to form the employment relationship.
Specific issues related to human resources planning, internal and external
recruitment and selection. 4 lectures. Prerequisite:
BUS 384 and STAT 252, or equivalent.
BUS 477 Organization Development Programs (4)
Analysis of development
programs in organizations. Review of development and trends in the field of
organizational development. Application of behavioral and
organizational science knowledge and social technology to programs in
organizations for the purpose of improving effectiveness and sustainability.
4 seminars. Prerequisite: BUS 387 and BUS 382 or
consent of instructor.
BUS 478 Organization Design Programs (4)
Impact of
changing business environment and strategy on design of organizations. Organization design programs, including design
models, redesign processes, and guiding principles. Case studies, current
redesign projects and field studies. 4 lectures.
Prerequisite: BUS 382 or consent of instructor.
BUS 479 Purchasing and Materials Management
(4)
Role and
scope of the procurement function and concept of an integrated materials
management process. Relations with functional departments. Purchasing structure
and processes in business and service organizations. Global
concept of international purchasing. Measuring
purchasing performance. 4 lectures.
Prerequisite: Junior standing.
BUS 483 Seminar in Managerial Consultation (4)
Management
consulting in the private and public sectors. Analysis of substantive and process skills required
to provide independent and objective advice to clients. Application
of consulting knowledge and skills to real client problems and facilitation of
change. 4 seminars. Prerequisite: Senior
standing or consent of instructor.
BUS 484 Corporate Training (4)
Developing
and managing curriculum for an industrial setting. Developing a philosophy, assessing
resources, developing and sequencing objectives, developing and properly using
materials in training, evaluating and reporting effectiveness. Managing people and resources within this process in an industrial
setting. 4 lectures. Prerequisite: Senior
standing.
BUS 486 Human Resource Information Systems (4)
Application
of computers to the management of human resources. Human resource decision support
systems and routine transaction processing. Ethical
use of information systems in managing the human resource function. Basic system design decisions. Use of
information systems to support traditional human resource functional areas.
Exposure to enterprise-wide, integrated software. 4 lectures. Prerequisite: BUS 384 and BUS 391.
BUS 488 Planning and Managing New Ventures (4)
The
purpose and process of business planning and the challenges of managing a
start-up enterprise. Preparation
of a complete business plan: management and organization; product or service;
marketing; finance; operating and control systems; growth. 4
seminars. Prerequisite: Senior standing.
BUS 491 Modeling and Analysis Using Computer
Simulation (4)
Modeling organizational
systems and processes such as computer networks, transportation systems,
manufacturing systems, retail systems, etc. Developing
computer simulation models and animation of systems to provide decision support
in selecting system design alternatives. Applying
quantitative methods to model uncertainty and conduct statistical performance
analysis. 4 lectures. Prerequisite: BUS 391,
STAT 251 or equivalent.
BUS 492 Applications of Intelligent Systems in
Business (4)
Impact of
expert systems and neural networks on business. History, structure, development and
functions of business, rule-based, expert systems and neural networks. 4 lectures. Prerequisite: BUS 391.
BUS 494 Small Business Information Systems (4)
Information
systems in a small business environment. Collaborative learning with teams analyzing,
designing and implementing accounting and management reporting software.
Determine and implement organizational policies and procedures. Coverage of
business processes in the areas of accounting, procurement, human resource, and
production. Ethical use of information systems in managing
small businesses. Role of information systems in
conducting business in a socially responsible manner. 4
lectures. Prerequisite: BUS 391.
BUS 495 Software Testing (4)
Theory and practice of
software testing, including state-of-the-art practices, design issues, staffing
issues, test management issues, and other related areas. Software testing tools
utilized for applications testing, and test management. 4
lectures. Prerequisite: BUS 391 and CPE/CSC 101 or CSC 237 (with a grade
of C- or better), or consent of instructor.
BUS 496 Electronic Commerce (4)
Focus on the technology of
electronic commerce, including programming, development environments and
security, through a series of lectures, guest speakers, demonstrations,
exercises and case studies. Networking, client/server computing, and
web/database design concepts. Working e-commerce application required at end of
course. 4 lectures. Prerequisite: BUS 391, CPE/CSC 101
or CSC 237 (with a grade of C- or better), BUS 390, junior standing, or consent
of instructor.
BUS 497 Multimedia Presentation Systems in
Business (4)
Use of
front-end software animation development tools, such as Director, to explore
computer multimedia environments with an emphasis on visual programming for
business applications. Methods for
integrating text, graphics, animation, sound and video to construct desktop and
web based presentations. 4 lectures. Prerequisite: BUS
391.
BUS 498 Directed Topics in Information Systems
(4)
Specialized Information Systems
(IS) topic selected from the IS areas of current interest. Intended for
advanced IS concentration students who want to learn and acquire in-depth IS
knowledge and skills. Class Schedule
will list topic selected. 4 lectures. Prerequisite: IS
concentration students only, and consent of instructor.
BUS 499 Data Communications and Networking (4)
Combines
the fundamental concepts of data communications and networking with practical
applications in business. Provides a basic understanding of the technical and managerial
aspects of business telecommunication. Introduction to
data communications and applications and technical fundamentals, and to network
products, technologies, applications, and services. 4
lectures. Prerequisite: BUS 391, or consent of instructor.
BUS 501 Managerial Accounting and Managerial
Economics I (5)
Accounting portion of
course covers applications of accounting to management decision-making,
planning, and control. Cost behavior analysis, budgets, performance
reporting, plus motivational and behavioral considerations. Economics portion
of course covers demand and supply analysis, static and dynamic market
equilibrium analysis, and elasticities. 5 lectures. Prerequisite: Graduate standing.
BUS 502 Managerial Finance and Managerial
Economics II (4)
Finance portion of course
covers short-term financial management, investment decisions, and cost of
capital determination. Economics portion of course covers consumer choice
analysis, theory of the firm, production theory, and market structures. 4 lectures. Prerequisite: BUS 501.