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Business Requirements

BSL 212         Introduction to Business Law   Introduction to law and legal procedure. Topics include contracts (nature and requisites, formation, operations, interpretation, discharge and remedies) Sales (Uniform Commercial Code, transfer of title, warranties, rights and remedies of buyer and seller), and business ethics. (Writing Intensive)

CIS 150          Business Analytics    The primary purpose of this course is to build skills in learning and using software technologies to support business-oriented problem solving and decision making. Specifically, you will develop the ability to solve problems, to organize and analyze data using spreadsheet and database software, and to learn to distribute information to others through the effective use of collaborative technologies and the Web. Case problems will cover areas such as accounting, finance, marketing, statistics and operations management. Professors from several business school departments will discuss how their disciplines use spreadsheets to solve problems.

ECO 211        Economic Principles and Problems (Microeconomics)   Fundamental course devoted to development and application of basic analytical tools and principles required for an understanding of major economic problems and policy alternatives available for their solution. Particular emphasis on microeconomic analysis. Topics include the study of markets under varying conditions of competition, including market deficiencies such as pollution, prices and resource allocation distribution of income, including poverty problems, the economics of the firm and the government, and international economic relations.

ECO 212        Economic Principles and Problems (Macroeconomics)   Continuation of ECO 211. Course emphasis is placed on macroeconomic analysis. Areas covered include national income and employment analysis, money and banking, economic growth, and comparison of different economic systems, including the problems of developing the less developed world. (For those who have already completed ECO 211)

MGT 100      FIRST STEP (Freshman Integrity, Responsibility, and Success through Teamwork)   This course is designed to provide entering freshman business majors an enriched curriculum that examines key issues in the global business environment and emphasizes the importance of ethical business practices. The course culminates with a team project that encourages students to address real world problems and encourages a lifelong commitment to civic engagement. (Required of all new incoming Business freshmen)

MKT 201       Foundations of Marketing      Understanding and satisfying consumer need through product planning, pricing, promotion, and distribution. Students identify and analyze marketing problems. Discovery and application of marketing skills are developed by marketing planning assignments, computer simulations, and case analysis.

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