ACCT 141 / 3 Credits

Accounting procedures, use of special journals, general and subsidiary ledgers, preparation of financial statements, and contents of accounts and external reporting concepts.

ACCT 242 / 3 Credits

Uses information gathered from accounting records to prepare internal reports, compile analyses, and prepare recommendations to assist management in control and decision making.

BUSA 102 / 1 Credits

To familiarize students with the various disciplines taught within the field of business, the interrelatedness of the business disciplines, career possibilities available, the faculty of the department, and the relatedness to the liberal arts.

BUSA 120 / 3 Credits

An introduction to the basic processes of management including human behavior in the workplace, leadership, teams, quality, change, organizational structure and design, international management, and management ethics.

BUSA 381 / 3 Credits

Introduction to the American legal process, the structure of the court system, and basic actions with an emphasis on contract law.

BUSA 459 / 3 Credits

Integrative course that focuses on strategic planning, policy formulation, and corporate-wide decision making through the use of comprehensive case problems.

CIS 190 / 3 Credits

This course introduces students to the strategic, tactical and operational aspects of information technology (IT) as it relates to business. It surveys a broad range of topics, challenging students to understand the strategic relevance of IT to every aspect of business including, but not limited to quality, innovation, globalization, competitive advantage, collaboration, and outsourcing. The course also examines representative best practices of common IT business tools, including MS-Excel, Access, Word, and PowerPoint, as well as collaboration tools.

ECON 120 / 3 Credits

A study of the fundamentals of economic analysis and basic economic institutions, with an emphasis upon understanding the impact of individual and social choices upon aggregate output, employment, inflation, relative income distribution and the environment. Monetary, fiscal and social welfare policies are evaluated in light of historical and current experience, with an attempt to understand the role of changing institutional structures, social values, and concerns for justice in an increasingly globally integrated world.

ECON 220 / 3 Credits

A study of the fundamentals of individual market behavior, emphasizing the use of demand and supply analysis. The focus is upon understanding the implications of actions taken by individual decision-makers, operating within various market structures, upon the allocation and use of resources, distribution of income, and ability of markets to meet the needs and desires of individuals. Special attention is given to understanding the impact of market outcomes upon social and individual justice, and upon the environment.

FINA 305 / 3 Credits

An overview of the significant functions and roles performed by the corporate financial manager. Students will gain a working knowledge of managerial finance by learning to: develop a systematic approach to financial analysis; apply techniques for planning, managing, evaluating and recommending improvements in the organization's financial performance. Major topics include financial asset valuation, risk and return, and capital budgeting.

MRKT 130 / 3 Credits

This course examines core tenets of marketing, investigating the activity, institutions, and process for creating, communicating, delivering, and exchanging offerings of value for customers, clients, partners, and society. Students explore strategic and tactical means to develop, price, promote and distribute products and services to business and consumer target markets in order to create competitive advantage and facilitate mutually beneficial exchange. Through interactive, application-oriented exercises, cases, and discussion, students engage key marketing concepts and use analytical tools to conduct market planning that help solve real world challenges.

STAT 281 / 3 Credits

Topics in probability and statistics: descriptive numerical and graphical measures, discrete and continuous probability distributions, and one-sample estimation and hypothesis testing.

MATH 107 / 3 Credits

Functions and graphs, mathematics of finance, matrices, simultaneous systems, linear programming, introduction to business calculus.

MATH 108 / 3 Credits

A one-semester survey of the basic topics of the calculus of functions of one variable, demonstrating their applications in a wide variety of fields. Recommended for students who will take only one semester of calculus.

MATH 111 / 4 Credits

Introduction to differential and integral calculus with associated analytic geometry. Note that all MATH 111 registrations have a concurrent MATH 103 registration until the proficiency exam is taken.

BUSA 310 / 3 Credits

This course examines what business looks like when it is conceived as a ministry - as a means of honoring God - rather than as merely a secular, economic entity. By considering multiple models and abundant examples, students will learn how faith-based businesses around the world advance the common good and to point people toward God.

LEAD 310 / 3 Credits

This course focuses on the foundational as well as the latest theories and approaches to leadership and leader development, emphasizing scientific research and empirical support as well as case studies. Leadership skill development and integration of faith will be emphasized. The course explores the leadership process to enhance effectiveness and organizational performance across multiple levels of analysis and highlights the role of leader, follower, and situational factors that contribute to success.

LEAD 312 / 3 Credits

The current environment in which organizations operate is characterized by unprecedented change powered by rapidly emerging technologies, information overload, globalization, higher customer expectations, and changing values, lifestyles, and attitudes. This requires effective leaders to be proactive toward change or be lost in the tide. This course examines change from an organizational perspective by exploring the change process, representative change interventions, and the role of the leader in working with organizational members to accomplish successful change initiatives. Course concepts are drawn from many disciplines and explore change at individual, group, and organizational levels. Students will have the opportunity to analyze success, failure, and multiple dilemmas of public and private sector organizations in order to better understand the causes, implications, potential leader action, and strategies of organizational change.

LEAD 320 / 3 Credits

This course delves into some of the most pressing leadership issues of the day. Among the topics that may be covered are what personal attributes characterize an effective leader, what obstacles exist to effective leadership, and what role faith plays in shaping one's leadership style and priorities. Drawing from the scientific research, from history, and from scriptural counsel, students will pursue a fuller understanding of how leaders can bring about change in whatever vocational context they find themselves. Students will also engage in significant self-examination to assess their leadership strengths and weaknesses.

COMM 301 / 3 Credits

Principles and techniques of the art of persuasion as applied to oral discourse.

COMM 333 / 3 Credits

This course explains how communication constructs and maintains organizational functioning at a variety of levels. For example, students learn about recruitment and socialization, conflict, communication technologies, coworker and team communication, leadership, and predominant theories of organizational communication.

COMM 353 / 3 Credits

Analysis of corporate, institutional and governmental conflict and crises. Consideration given to nature of social conflict, negotiation, problem-solving, crisis planning, spokesperson training, news conferences and news releases. COMM 205 is strongly recommended prior to taking COMM 353.

HRM 311 / 3 Credits

Principles, concepts, and processes involved in the interface among individuals, groups, and organizations. Topics such as personality, perception, leadership development, role theory, motivation, power and conflict, group behavior, and job design.

CIS 343 / 3 Credits

This course provides an introduction to both the strategic and the technical essentials of developing and managing e-commerce sites. Students will research web design and build their own e-commerce site as a final project, with practical application of the principles emphasized in the course material. Team projects will research and report on e-commerce topics throughout the course. Extensive use of Internet research techniques will be emphasized. Topics will include Internet security and authentication techniques, website design and management issues, web access to databases, Internet marketing strategies, electronic payment issues, and enterprise E-commerce tools.

CIS 381 / 3 Credits

This course explores the way information technology is used to support the decision-making process of managers at all organizational levels. It is designed to show students a variety of ways in which computer-based information systems are used in the business environment. Special attention is given to computer user support and ethical issues in the management of information systems. Although it is not required for this course, the recommended sequence for CIS majors is: CIS 180 or CIS 190, CIS 181, CIS 284 or CIS 283, and then CIS 381.

CIS 411 / 3 Credits

This course introduces students to the art and science of examining and creating information-based system solutions for business problems. Holistic systems approaches such as life cycle development are emphasized. Traditional structured methods, object oriented methods and emerging development paradigms are examined. Students apply systems analysis and design methods using several case studies. They also develop skills to review and assess system analysis and design models.