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BusinessAdministrationCollege of BusinessDean: Willie E. Hopkins

De part ment of Ac count ing andMan age ment In for ma tion Sys temsTehama Hall 313530-898-6463e-mail: [email protected]://www.cob.csuchico.eduChair: Gail Corbitt

De part ment of Fi nance and Mar ketingTehama Hall 307530-898-5666e-mail: [email protected]://www.cob.csuchico.eduChair: Shekhar Misra

De part ment of Man age mentTehama Hall 305530-898-5663e-mail: [email protected]://www.cob.csuchico.eduChair: Kathryn Lewis

Pro gram

BS in Busi ness Ad min is tra tion Op tions in: Ac count ing Fi nance Hu man Re source Man age ment Man age ment Mar ket ing BS in Busi ness In for ma tion Sys temsOp tions in: Ac count ing In for ma tion Sys tems Man age ment In for ma tion Sys tems Sup ply Chain Man age ment SystemsMi nor in Ac count ingMi nor in Busi ness Ad min is tra tionMi nor in In ter na tional Busi ness Mi nor in the Man age ment of Hu man Re sources Mi nor in Man age ment In for ma tion Sys temsMi nor in Man ag ing Di ver sity in OrganizationsMi nor in Mar ket ingMi nor in Pro duc tion and Op er a tions Man age mentMas ter of Sci ence in Ac coun tancy Mas ter of Busi ness Ad min is tra tion

The Col lege of Busi ness is dedi cated to edu cat ing menand women for pro fes sional po si tions in busi ness, gov -ern ment, and non profit or gani za tions. The thrust of thecol lege is to build upon a lib eral arts foun da tion for alife time of learn ing and growth.

The un der gradu ate pro gram is pri mar ily an upper- division cur ricu lum in which about half of the work is in the hu mani ties, be hav ioral sci ences, and mathe mat ics,and the re main der in busi ness and eco nom ics.

Core and op tion pro grams are de signed to pre pare stu -dents to be come pro fes sion als. They equip stu dents withthe knowl edge, skills, and val ues nec es sary to un der stand and cope with com plex, chang ing, and in creas inglyglobal busi ness en vi ron ments. In di vid ual courses pro -mote rec og ni tion of po ten tial prob lems, fos ter crea tiveproblem- solving, and pro vide ba sic ana lyti cal and con -cep tual skills. Sup por tive and co op era tive learn ing en vi -ron ments al low stu dents to strengthen their in ter per sonal and com mu ni ca tion skills.

Fac ulty and Fa cil ities

Mem bers of our fac ulty earned doc tor ates at our na tion’sfin est uni ver si ties, in clud ing Har vard, Penn State, Chi -cago, and North west ern in the East, UCLA, Ar i zona, andUSC in the West. Many of our fac ulty have com binedtheir schol arly train ing with busi ness ex pe ri ence through in dus try em ploy ment or ex ten sive con sult ing work withma jor cor po ra tions. This com bi na tion of in-depth train -ing and busi ness ex pe ri ence trans lates into state-of-the-art in struc tion.

The col lege has its own tech nol ogy learning cen ters, al low -ing full in te gra tion of tech nol ogy into our cur ric u lum. Inad di tion, the cen ters al low the fac ulty to make ex ten siveuse of the man age ment sim u la tion ap proach to learn ing.

The qual ity of both our fac ulty and our fa cil i ties hasbeen rec og nized by the As so ci a tion to Ad vance Col le giateSchools of Busi ness which has ac cred ited both our undergraduate and grad u ate pro grams.

Stu dent Ad vising and In for ma tion

The col lege of fers ad vis ing and in for ma tion ser vices forboth un der grad u ates and grad u ates in cen tral ized of ficesin Glenn Hall. These of fices will help you plan a courseof study once you are here. They also as sist pro spec tive,new, and trans fer stu dents with trans fer course creditprob lems and is sues.

Please visit the fol low ing:Grad u ate Pro grams Of fice Glenn Hall 121530-898-4425e-mail: [email protected]

Busi ness Un der grad u ate Ad vis ing Of ficeGlenn Hall 323530-898-4480e-mail: [email protected] or di na tor: Gary McMahon

Busi ness Re source Cen ter

The Col lege of Busi ness, through its Business Re sourceCen ter (BRC), en gages in vari ous re cruit ment, re ten tion,gradua tion, and place ment ac tivi ties to sup port its di verse stu dent popu la tion. Please call, write, e- mail, or visit theBRC of fice.

Busi ness Re source Cen terGlenn Hall 206530- 898- 6783e-mail: [email protected]

Declaring a Business Administration MajorStu dents who de clared a Busi ness Ad min is tra tion ma jor prior to fall2005, whether at a com mu nity col lege or at CSU, Chico, may re mainwith the pre vi ous cat a log or choose the cur rent one. You must fol lowthe com plete set of course re quire ments from which ever cat a log youchoose. See your ad viser for help with this de ci sion.The pro gram re quires a Pre req ui site Core. These classes (BADM 101,BADM 103/MATH 108, ACCT 201, ACCT 202, ECON 102, ECON 103,and MATH 107) must be com pleted with a grade of C or better in eachclass, re gard less of when you de clared the ma jor. If you re ceive a C- orlower in one of the pre req ui site core classes, you must re peat it. Stu dentswish ing to ma jor in busi ness must com plete MATH 107 and BADM 103/MATH 108 (with a ver i fied grade of C or better in each) be fore be ing al -lowed to move be yond pre-busi ness sta tus. This re quires that stu dents com -plete MATH 107 and BADM 103/MATH 108 at least one se mes ter be forede clar ing a busi ness ma jor. Trans fer stu dents may, at the dis cre tion of theBusi ness Un der grad u ate Ad vis ing Of fice, be granted a one-se mes ter gracepe riod to al low for grades in equiv a lent courses to ar rive.You will want to read more about our pro grams at the Col lege of Busi ness home pages on the Web. There you can read spe cial ad vis ingin for ma tion for first-year and trans fer stu dents. You can find out whatclasses you should be tak ing. You can link to home pages for ad vis ersand fac ulty mem bers. Be gin with the Col lege of Busi ness home page(http://www.cob.csuchico.edu/).If you have any ques tions about your ma jor or if you want a list of ap proved trans fer equiv a lents, write, visit, e-mail, or call:The Busi ness Un der grad u ate Ad vis ing Of ficeCol lege of Busi ness, Glenn Hall 323Cal i for nia State Uni ver sity, ChicoChico, CA 95929-0021530-898-4480e-mail: [email protected]

THE BACHELOR OF SCIENCEIN BUSINESS ADMINISTRATIONTo tal Course Re quire ments for the Bach e lor’s De gree: 120 unitsSee “Re quire ments for the Bach e lor’s De gree” in The Uni ver sity Cat a logfor com plete de tails on gen eral de gree re quire ments. A minimum of 40units, in clud ing those re quired for the ma jor, must be up per di vi sion.A sug gested Ma jor Ac a demic Plan (MAP) has been pre pared to help stu -dents meet all grad u a tion re quire ments within four years. Please re questa plan from your ma jor ad viser or view it and other cur rent ad vis ing in for ma tion on the CSU, Chico Web.

Gen eral Ed u ca tion Re quire ments: 48 unitsSee “Gen eral Ed u ca tion Re quire ments” in The Uni ver sity Cat a log and TheClass Sched ule for the most cur rent in for ma tion on Gen eral Ed u ca tion Re -quire ments and course of fer ings. The course re quire ments marked be lowwith an as ter isk (*) may also be ap plied to ward Gen eral Ed u ca tion.

Cul tural Di ver sity Course Re quire ments: 6 unitsSee “Cul tural Di ver sity” in The Uni ver sity Cat a log. Most courses taken to sat isfy these re quire ments may also ap ply to Gen eral Education.

Amer i can In sti tu tions Re quire ment: 6 unitsSee the “Amer i can In sti tu tions Re quire ment” un der “Bach e lor’s De greeRe quire ments.” This re quire ment is nor mally ful filled by com plet ingHIST 130 and POLS 155. Courses used to sat isfy this requirement do not ap ply to Gen eral Ed u ca tion.

Lit er acy Re quire ment:See “Math e mat ics and Writ ing Re quire ments” in The Uni ver sity Cat a log.Writ ing pro fi ciency in the ma jor is a grad u a tion re quire ment and may be dem on strated through sat is fac tory com ple tion of a course in your ma jorwhich has been des ig nated as the Writ ing Pro fi ciency (WP) course forthe se mes ter in which you take the course. Stu dents who earn be low aC- are re quired to re peat the course and earn a C- or better to re ceiveWP credit. See The Class Sched ule for the des ig nated WP courses foreach se mes ter. You must pass ENGL 130 (or its equiv a lent) with a C- or better be fore you may reg is ter for a WP course.

ADVISING REQUIREMENT:Ad vis ing is man da tory for all Busi ness Ad min is tra tion ma jors. Con sultthe Busi ness Un der grad u ate Ad vis ing Of fice for in for ma tion about yourpro gram and for a course plan which will en able you to com plete yourBS in Busi ness Ad min is tra tion in four years.

Course Re quire ments for the Ma jor: 72-75 unitsThe fol low ing courses, or their ap proved trans fer equiv a lents, are re quiredof all can di dates for this de gree. Ad di tional re quired courses, de pend ingupon the se lected op tion or ad vis ing pat tern, are out lined fol low ing the de gree core pro gram re quire ments.DEGREE CORE PROGRAM: 48 unitsPre-Business Prerequisite Core: 21 unitsPre-busi ness stu dents achieve Busi ness Ad min is tra tion sta tus upon com ple tion of each of the fol low ing seven courses with a C or better.6 courses required:ACCT 201 Intro to Fi nan cial Ac count ing 3.0 FS ACCT 202 Intro to Man a ge rial Ac count ing 3.0 FS Prerequisites: ACCT 201 (or ABUS 261 for ABUS majors only).BADM 101 Un der stand ing Global Busi ness 3.0 FS ECON 102 Prin ci ples of Macro Anal y sis 3.0 FS *ECON 103 Prin ci ples of Mi cro Anal y sis 3.0 FS *MATH 107 Fi nite Math for Busi ness 3.0 FS *Prerequisites: Completion of ELM requirement.

1 course se lected from:BADM 103 Sta tis tics of Busi ness & Econ 3.0 FS Prerequisites: For Business Administration majors: MATH 107. For others: Completion of General Education Breadth Area A4 requirement.MATH 108 Sta tis tics of Busi ness & Econ 3.0 FS Prerequisites: For business administration students: MATH 107. For other students: completion of General Education Breadth Area A4 requirement.

Upper-Division Core: 27 units9 courses required:BADM 495 Sem in App Stra te gic Dec Mak 3.0 FS Prerequisites: Graduating senior standing. Completion of all courses inupper-division core.BLAW 302 Man ag ing the Le gal En vi ron ment 3.0 FS Prerequisites: At least junior standing.FINA 307 Sur vey of Fi nance 3.0 FS Prerequisites: ACCT 201, ECON 103.MGMT 300 Com mu ni ca tion in Busi ness 3.0 FS WPPrerequisites: ENGL 130 (or its equivalent) with a grade of C- or higher.MGMT 303 Man ag ing Peo ple/Bus Proc/Chg 3.0 FS MGMT 304 Hu man Re source Man age ment 3.0 FS MINS 301 Cor po rate Tech In te gra tion 3.0 FS MKTG 305 Sur vey of Mar ket ing 3.0 FS SCMS 306 Op er a tions Man age ment 3.0 FS Prerequisites: Business Administration or Business Information Systems statusrequired for business majors. Completion of General Education Breadth Area A4requirements required for all majors.

Major Option Course Requirements: 24-27 unitsThe fol low ing courses, or their ap proved trans fer equiv a lents, are required de pend ent upon the op tion cho sen. Stu dents must se lect one of the fol low ing op tions for com ple tion of the ma jor course requirements.For business majors, Business Administration status is required for alloption classes.

THE OP TION IN AC COUNT ING: 27 unitsAc count ing re quires a three- to four-se mes ter se quence of classes. Stu -dents may not com plete this 27-unit op tion in fewer than three se mes -ters. Dur ing the first se mes ter, stu dents take ACCT 320 ACCT 321 andACCT 325. It is rec om mended that the core be taken the se mes ter priorto be gin ning pat tern course work.Accounting Core: 9 unitsACCT 320 Cost Ac count ing 3.0 FSPre req ui sites: ACCT 202, BADM 103.ACCT 321 Acctng Info Sys tems/Con trol 3.0 FS Prerequisites: Concurrent enrollment in or prior completion of ACCT 202 and BSIS 301 or MINS 301.ACCT 325 In ter me di ate Ac count ing I 3.0 FS Prerequisites: ACCT 202 and concurrent enrollment in, or prior completion of,ACCT 321.

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Advising Pattern: 18 unitsSe lect one of the fol low ing three pat terns to com plete the Op tion in Ac count ing.PROFESSIONAL ACCOUNTING PATTERN: 18 units5 courses required:ACCT 326 In ter me di ate Ac count ing II 3.0 FS Prerequisites: ACCT 325.ACCT 421 Au dit ing 3.0 SP Prerequisites: ACCT 321, BADM 103; either ACCT 326 or ACCT 427.ACCT 425 Ad vanced Ac count ing 3.0 SP Prerequisites: ACCT 326 or ACCT 427.ACCT 437 Fed eral In come Taxes 3.0 FS Prerequisites: ACCT 201, ACCT 202.MINS 235 Da ta base De sign 3.0 FS 1 course se lected from:ACCT 359 Di rected Mentorship 3.0 FS Prerequisites: ACCT 320, ACCT 325.ACCT 420 Adv Cost Man age ment Sys tems 3.0 FA Prerequisites: ACCT 320.MINS 350 Busi ness Sys tems Anal y sis 3.0 FS Prerequisites: MINS 235. Concurrent enrollment in or prior completion of ENGL 230 (for BSIS majors).

CORPORATE FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT PATTERN: 18 units3 courses required:ACCT 326 In ter me di ate Ac count ing II 3.0 FS Prerequisites: ACCT 325.ACCT 420 Adv Cost Man age ment Sys tems 3.0 FA Prerequisites: ACCT 320.ACCT 421 Au dit ing 3.0 SP Prerequisites: ACCT 321, BADM 103; either ACCT 326 or ACCT 427.3 courses se lected from:ACCT 437 Fed eral In come Taxes 3.0 FS Prerequisites: ACCT 201, ACCT 202.FINA 351 In vest ments 3.0 FS Prerequisites: FINA 307.FINA 355 Fi nan cial Man age ment The ory 3.0 FS Prerequisites: FINA 307.FINA 459 In ter na tional Fi nance 3.0 FA Prerequisites: FINA 307.FINA 460 Fi nan cial In sti tu tions/Mar kets 3.0 FS Prerequisites: FINA 307.FINA 480 Fi nan cial Mgmt: Ap pli ca tions 3.0 FS Prerequisites: FINA 355.

THE OP TION IN FI NANCE: 24 unitsFi nance is a 24-unit op tion which you may com plete in two se mes ters. Thefirst se mes ter, stu dents will take FINA 351, FINA 355, and two elec tives.Advising Pattern Course Requirements: 24 unitsThe fol low ing courses, or their ap proved trans fer equiv a lents, are required de pend ing upon the ad vis ing pat tern cho sen. Stu dents must se lect one of the fol low ing ad vis ing pat terns for com ple tion of the ma jor course re quire ments.FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT PATTERN4 courses required:FINA 351 In vest ments 3.0 FS Prerequisites: FINA 307.FINA 355 Fi nan cial Man age ment The ory 3.0 FS Prerequisites: FINA 307.FINA 460 Fi nan cial In sti tu tions/Mar kets 3.0 FS Prerequisites: FINA 307.FINA 480 Fi nan cial Mgmt: Ap pli ca tions 3.0 FS Prerequisites: FINA 355.

4 courses se lected from:ACCT 320 Cost Ac count ing 3.0 FSPre req ui sites: ACCT 202, BADM 103.ACCT 325 In ter me di ate Ac count ing I 3.0 FS Prerequisites: ACCT 202 and concurrent enrollment in, or prior completion of,ACCT 321.ECON 301 Mi cro ec o nomic Anal y sis 3.0 FS Prerequisites: ECON 103.ECON 302 Mac ro eco nomic Anal y sis 3.0 FS Prerequisites: ECON 102.FINA 453 Es tate Plan ning 3.0 FS Prerequisites: FINA 307.FINA 454 Fi nan cial Plan ning: Apps 3.0 FS Prerequisites: FINA 351. Concurrent enrollment in or prior completion of FINA 453,FINA 456, and ACCT 437.

FINA 456 Risk and In sur ance 3.0 FA Prerequisites: FINA 307.FINA 458 Mgmt and Reg of Fin Institutns 3.0 SP Prerequisites: FINA 307 and FINA 460, faculty permission.FINA 459 In ter na tional Fi nance 3.0 FA Prerequisites: FINA 307.FINA 481 In vest ment Anal y sis and Pol icy 3.0 SP Prerequisites: FINA 307, FINA 351.FINA 498 Spe cial Top ics in Fi nance 1.0-3.0 FS Prerequisites: Senior standing.

Note: FINA 498 must be taken for 3 units.REAL 301 Prin ci ples of Real Es tate 3.0 FS Prerequisites: ECON 102, ECON 103.REAL 369 Real Es tate Fi nance 3.0 Inq Prerequisites: REAL 301.

FINANCIAL SERVICES PATTERN4 courses required:FINA 351 In vest ments 3.0 FS Prerequisites: FINA 307.FINA 355 Fi nan cial Man age ment The ory 3.0 FS Prerequisites: FINA 307.FINA 460 Fi nan cial In sti tu tions/Mar kets 3.0 FS Prerequisites: FINA 307.FINA 481 In vest ment Anal y sis and Pol icy 3.0 SP Prerequisites: FINA 307, FINA 351.4 courses se lected from:ACCT 320 Cost Ac count ing 3.0 FSPre req ui sites: ACCT 202, BADM 103.ACCT 325 In ter me di ate Ac count ing I 3.0 FS Prerequisites: ACCT 202 and concurrent enrollment in, or prior completion of,ACCT 321.ACCT 437 Fed eral In come Taxes 3.0 FS Prerequisites: ACCT 201, ACCT 202.ECON 301 Mi cro ec o nomic Anal y sis 3.0 FS Prerequisites: ECON 103.ECON 302 Mac ro eco nomic Anal y sis 3.0 FS Prerequisites: ECON 102.FINA 453 Es tate Plan ning 3.0 FS Prerequisites: FINA 307.FINA 454 Fi nan cial Plan ning: Apps 3.0 FS Prerequisites: FINA 351. Concurrent enrollment in or prior completion of FINA 453,FINA 456, and ACCT 437.FINA 456 Risk and In sur ance 3.0 FA Prerequisites: FINA 307.FINA 458 Mgmt and Reg of Fin Institutns 3.0 SP Prerequisites: FINA 307 and FINA 460, faculty permission.FINA 459 In ter na tional Fi nance 3.0 FA Prerequisites: FINA 307.FINA 480 Fi nan cial Mgmt: Ap pli ca tions 3.0 FS Prerequisites: FINA 355.FINA 498 Spe cial Top ics in Fi nance 1.0-3.0 FS Prerequisites: Senior standing.

Note: FINA 498 must be taken for 3 units.REAL 301 Prin ci ples of Real Es tate 3.0 FS Prerequisites: ECON 102, ECON 103.REAL 369 Real Es tate Fi nance 3.0 Inq Prerequisites: REAL 301.

THE OP TION IN HU MAN RE SOURCEMAN AGE MENT: 27 unitsStu dents may com plete this op tion in two or three se mes ters.5 courses required:BLAW 413 Em ploy ment Law 3.0 FS Prerequisites: At least junior standing.MGMT 430 HR Strat egy & Info Sys 3.0 FA Prerequisites: MGMT 304, MINS 301.MGMT 432 Re cruit ment and Se lec tion 3.0 FA Prerequisites: MGMT 304.MGMT 433 Train ing and De vel op ment 3.0 SP Prerequisites: MGMT 304.MGMT 434 Per for mance Man age ment 3.0 SP Prerequisites: MGMT 304.4 courses se lected from:BLAW 414 La bor Law/Col lec tive Bar gain 3.0 FS Prerequisites: At least junior standing or faculty permission.MGMT 435 In dus trial Re la tions 3.0 Inq Prerequisites: MGMT 303.MGMT 437 Or ga ni za tional Con sult ing 3.0 SP Prerequisites: MGMT 303, MGMT 304.

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MGMT 442 Man ag ing Dif fer ences 3.0 FS MGMT 443 Man ag ing In no va tion and Change 3.0 FA Prerequisites: MGMT 303.MGMT 489 Di rected In tern ship 3.0 FS Prerequisites: MGMT 304 and faculty permission.MGMT 498 Spe cial Top ics in Man age ment 1.0-3.0 FS Prerequisites: Senior standing.

MGMT 498 must be taken for 3 units.NOTE: Stu dents may not count both BLAW 414 and MGMT 435.

THE OP TION IN MAN AGE MENT: 27 unitsStu dents may com plete this op tion in two or three se mes ters.Management Core: 9 unitsBLAW 413 Em ploy ment Law 3.0 FS Prerequisites: At least junior standing.MGMT 443 Man ag ing In no va tion and Change 3.0 FA Prerequisites: MGMT 303.MGMT 444 Man ag ing Pro ject Teams 3.0 FS Prerequisites: MGMT 303.

Advising Pattern: 18 unitsSe lect one of the fol low ing three pat terns to com plete the Op tion in Man age ment.ENTREPRENEURSHIP AND SMALL BUSINESSMANAGEMENT PATTERN: 18 units4 courses required:MGMT 450 As sess ing New Bus Oppor 3.0 FA Prerequisites: MGMT 303, MKTG 305.MGMT 451 Cre at ing New Busi nesses 3.0 SP Prerequisites: MGMT 303, MKTG 305; FINA 307 or faculty permission.MGMT 452 Grow ing New Busi nesses 3.0 SP Prerequisites: MGMT 303, MKTG 305.MKTG 467 Man age ment of Small Busi ness 3.0 FS Prerequisites: Senior standing and business major.2 courses se lected from:MGMT 389 In tern ship 1.0-3.0 FS Prerequisites: MGMT 303, faculty permission.

MGMT 389 must be taken for 3 units.MGMT 440 Man a ge rial Strat egy 3.0 FA Prerequisites: FINA 307, MKTG 305.MGMT 441 Man ag ing Per sonal Suc cess 3.0 FS Prerequisites: MGMT 303.

MKTG 465 E-Mar ket ing 3.0 FS Prerequisites: MKTG 371.

OR (the fol low ing course may be sub sti tuted for the above)MKTG 475 Re tail ing 3.0 FS Prerequisites: MKTG 371.

MGMT 498 Spe cial Top ics in Man age ment 1.0-3.0 FS Prerequisites: Senior standing.

MGMT 498 must be taken for 3 units.OPERATIONS MANAGEMENT PATTERN: 18 units4 courses required:SCMS 440 Pur chas ing & Sup ply Chain Mgmt 3.0 FS Prerequisites: SCMS 306.SCMS 441 Qual ity Man age ment 3.0 FS Prerequisites: SCMS 306 or faculty permission.SCMS 442 Prod Plan & In ven tory Con trol 3.0 FS Prerequisites: SCMS 306.SCMS 443 Prod Mgmt & Con trol Sys tems 3.0 FS Prerequisites: SCMS 306.

2 courses se lected from:BLAW 414 La bor Law/Col lec tive Bar gain 3.0 FS Prerequisites: At least junior standing or faculty permission.MGMT 389 In tern ship 1.0-3.0 FS Prerequisites: MGMT 303, faculty permission.

MGMT 389 must be taken for 3 units.MGMT 447 Lead er ship 3.0 FS Prerequisites: MGMT 303.MGMT 450 As sess ing New Bus Oppor 3.0 FA Prerequisites: MGMT 303, MKTG 305.MGMT 498 Spe cial Top ics in Man age ment 1.0-3.0 FS Prerequisites: Senior standing.

MGMT 498 must be taken for 3 units.

ORGANIZATIONAL MANAGEMENT PATTERN: 18 units4 courses required:MGMT 442 Man ag ing Dif fer ences 3.0 FS MGMT 445 In ter na tional Man age ment 3.0 FA Prerequisites: MGMT 303.MGMT 447 Lead er ship 3.0 FS Prerequisites: MGMT 303.MGMT 448 Man ag ing Knowl edge-Based Org 3.0 FA Prerequisites: MGMT 303.

2 courses se lected from:BLAW 414 La bor Law/Col lec tive Bar gain 3.0 FS Prerequisites: At least junior standing or faculty permission.MGMT 345 Ne go ti a tion Techn for Con flict 3.0 SP MGMT 389 In tern ship 1.0-3.0 FS Prerequisites: MGMT 303, faculty permission.

MGMT 389 must be taken for 3 units.MGMT 440 Man a ge rial Strat egy 3.0 FA Prerequisites: FINA 307, MKTG 305.MGMT 449 Transpersonal Lead er ship 3.0 Inq Prerequisites: MGMT 303.MGMT 498 Spe cial Top ics in Man age ment 1.0-3.0 FS Prerequisites: Senior standing.


THE OP TION IN MAR KET ING: 24 unitsThe 24-unit Mar ket ing op tion is a three-se mes ter se quence of courses be -gin ning with MKTG 371 and MKTG 380. This op tion cred its in tern shipunits as part of the pro gram.3 courses required:MKTG 371 Con sumer Be hav ior 3.0 FS Prerequisites: MKTG 305.MKTG 380 Mar ket ing Re search 3.0 FS Prerequisites: BADM 103, MKTG 305.MKTG 490 Stra te gic Mar ket ing Man age ment 3.0 FS Prerequisites: MKTG 371, MKTG 380.

15 units selected from:MKTG 389 In tern/Co op er a tive Ed u ca tion 1.0-3.0 FS Prerequisites: Senior standing, faculty permission.MKTG 391 Sim u la tion Lab Mar ket ing 1.0 FS MKTG 399 Spe cial Prob lems 1.0-3.0 FS MKTG 465 E-Mar ket ing 3.0 FS Prerequisites: MKTG 371.MKTG 467 Man age ment of Small Busi ness 3.0 FS Prerequisites: Senior standing and business major.MKTG 470 Sales Force Man age ment 3.0 FS Prerequisites: MKTG 371.MKTG 471 Distrib Sys tems & Chan nel Mgmt 3.0 FS Prerequisites: MKTG 371.This course is also offered as SCMS 471.MKTG 472 Ad ver tis ing/Mktg Comm 3.0 FS Prerequisites: MKTG 371.MKTG 473 Stra te gic Per sonal Sell ing 3.0 FS Prerequisites: MKTG 371.MKTG 474 Mar ket Anal y sis 3.0 FS Prerequisites: MKTG 371.MKTG 475 Re tail ing 3.0 FS Prerequisites: MKTG 371.MKTG 476 Busi ness Mar ket ing 3.0 Inq Prerequisites: MKTG 371.MKTG 477 In ter na tional Mar ket ing 3.0 FS Prerequisites: MKTG 371.MKTG 478 Ser vice Mar ket ing 3.0 FS Prerequisites: MKTG 371.MKTG 498 Spe cial Top ics in Mar ket ing 1.0-3.0 FS Prerequisites: Senior standing.

NOTE: No more than 3 units of MKTG 389, MKTG 391, or MKTG 399 maybe used to meet ma jor re quire ments. MKTG 498 must be taken for 3 units.

Elec tives Re quire ment:To com plete the to tal units re quired for the bach e lor’s de gree, se lect ad -di tional elec tive courses from the to tal uni ver sity of fer ings. You shouldcon sult with an ad viser re gard ing the se lec tion of courses which willpro vide breadth to your uni ver sity ex pe ri ence and pos si bly ap ply to asup port ive sec ond ma jor or mi nor.

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Grad ing Re quire ment:All courses taken to ful fill ma jor course re quire ments must be taken for a let ter grade ex cept those courses spec i fied by the de part ment asCredit/No Credit grad ing only.

Ad vis ing Re quire ment:Ad vis ing is man da tory for all ma jors in this de gree pro gram. Con sult your un der grad u ate ad viser for spe cific in for ma tion.Con sult the Of fice of the Co or di na tor of Un der grad u ate Pro grams(GLNN 323) for spe cif ics.

Hon ors in the Ma jorHon ors in the Ma jor is a pro gram of in de pend ent work in your ma jor. It in volves 6 units of hon ors course work com pleted over two se mes ters.Your Hon ors work will be rec og nized at your grad u a tion, on your per -ma nent tran scripts, and on your di ploma. It is of ten ac com pa nied by let -ters of com men da tion from your men tor in the de part ment or the de part -ment chair. Most im por tantly, how ever, the Hon ors in the Ma jor pro -gram al lows you to work closely with a fac ulty men tor in your area ofin ter est on an orig i nal per for mance or re search pro ject. This year-longcol lab o ra tion al lows you to work in your field at a pro fes sional level and cul mi nates in a pub lic pre sen ta tion of your work. Stu dents some timestake their pro jects be yond the uni ver sity for sub mis sion in pro fes sionaljour nals, pre sen ta tion at con fer ences, or com pe ti tion in shows; such ex pe ri ence is valu able for grad u ate school and later pro fes sional life.Some com mon fea tures of Hon ors in the Ma jor pro gram are1. You must take 6 units of Hon ors in the Ma jor course work. At least 3 ofthese 6 units are in de pend ent study (499H) as spec i fied by your de part ment. You must com plete each class with a min i mum grade of B.2. You must have com pleted 9 units of up per-di vi sion course work or 21over all units in your ma jor be fore you can be ad mit ted to Hon ors in theMa jor. Check the re quire ments care fully, as there may be spe cific coursesthat must be in cluded in these units.3. Your cu mu la tive GPA should be at least 3.5 or within the top 5 per centof ma jors in your de part ment.4. Your GPA in your ma jor should be at least 3.5 or within the top 5 per cent of ma jors in your de part ment.5. Most stu dents ap ply for or are in vited to par tic i pate in Hon ors in the Ma -jor dur ing the sec ond se mes ter of their ju nior year. Then they com plete the6 units of course work over the two se mes ters of their se nior year.6. Your hon ors work cul mi nates with a pub lic pre sen ta tion of your Hon orspro ject.While Hon ors in the Ma jor is part of the Hon ors Pro gram, each de part mentad min is ters its own pro gram. Please con tact your ma jor de part ment or ma jor ad viser for fur ther in for ma tion.Honors in BusinessStu dents may ap ply for ad mis sion to the Hon ors in the Ma jor Pro gram inthe Col lege of Busi ness through any of the op tions of fered. An hon ors stu -dent must meet all the re quire ments of the cho sen op tion with a grade point av er age that places him or her in the top five per cent of stu dents en rolledwithin the op tion or must have at least a 3.5 grade point av er age in thebusi ness ma jor. Each hon ors stu dent must also com plete 6 units of the hon -ors course in his or her op tion with a grade of B or better. These units mustre sult in a re search pa per which is pub licly pre sented. See BADM 499Hand courses num bered 499H in each op tion of the course of fer ings sec tion.Please con sult your de part ment for spe cific in for ma tion.

Declaring a BusinessInformation Systems MajorStu dents who de clared a Busi ness In for ma tion Sys tems ma jor prior to fall 2005, whether at a com mu nity col lege or at CSU, Chico, may re -main with the pre vi ous cat a log or choose the cur rent one. You must fol -low the com plete set of course re quire ments from which ever cat a logyou choose. See your ad viser for help with this de ci sion.To de clare a BSIS ma jor, you must first com plete MATH 107, MATH 108/BADM 103, and ENGL 130 with a ver i fied grade of C or higher in eachcourse. If you re ceive a C- or lower in one of the lower-di vi sion coreclasses, you must re peat it. The first three lower-di vi sion core classes thatstu dents should com plete are MATH 107, MATH 108/BADM 103, andENGL 130. See your ad viser for de tails.You will want to read more about our pro gram at the Col lege of Busi nesshome pages on the Web. There you can read spe cial ad vis ing in for ma tion for first-year and trans fer stu dents. You can find out what classes youshould be tak ing. You can link to home pages for ad vis ers and fac ultymem bers. Be gin with the Col lege of Busi ness home page(http://www.cob.csuchico.edu/).If you have any ques tions about your ma jor or if you want a list of ap proved trans fer equiv a lents, write, visit, e-mail, or call:The Busi ness Un der grad u ate Ad vis ing Of ficeCol lege of Busi ness, Glenn Hall 323Cal i for nia State Uni ver sity, ChicoChico, CA 95929-0021530-898-4480e-mail: [email protected]

THE BACHELOR OF SCIENCEIN BUSINESS INFORMATION SYSTEMSThis pro gram was ap proved and of fered for the first time in fall 2003. It is de signed as a four-year al ter na tive to Busi ness Ad min is tra tion.

To tal Course Re quire ments for the Bach e lor’s De gree: 128 unitsSee “Re quire ments for the Bach e lor’s De gree” in The Uni ver sity Cat a logfor com plete de tails on gen eral de gree re quire ments. A minimum of 40units, in clud ing those re quired for the ma jor, must be up per di vi sion.A sug gested Ma jor Ac a demic Plan (MAP) has been pre pared to help stu -dents meet all grad u a tion re quire ments within four years. Please re questa plan from your ma jor ad viser or view it and other cur rent ad vis ing in for ma tion on the CSU, Chico Web.

Gen eral Ed u ca tion Re quire ments: 48 unitsSee “Gen eral Ed u ca tion Re quire ments” in The Uni ver sity Cat a log and TheClass Sched ule for the most cur rent in for ma tion on Gen eral Ed u ca tion Re -quire ments and course of fer ings. The course re quire ments marked be lowwith an as ter isk (*) may also be ap plied to ward Gen eral Ed u ca tion.

Cul tural Di ver sity Course Re quire ments: 6 unitsSee “Cul tural Di ver sity” in The Uni ver sity Cat a log. Most courses taken to sat isfy these re quire ments may also ap ply to Gen eral Education.

Amer i can In sti tu tions Re quire ment: 6 unitsSee the “Amer i can In sti tu tions Re quire ment” un der “Bach e lor’s De greeRe quire ments.” This re quire ment is nor mally ful filled by com plet ingHIST 130 and POLS 155. Courses used to sat isfy this requirement do not ap ply to Gen eral Ed u ca tion.

Lit er acy Re quire ment:See “Math e mat ics and Writ ing Re quire ments” in The Uni ver sity Cat a log.Writ ing pro fi ciency in the ma jor is a grad u a tion re quire ment and may be dem on strated through sat is fac tory com ple tion of a course in your ma jorwhich has been des ig nated as the Writ ing Pro fi ciency (WP) course forthe se mes ter in which you take the course. Stu dents who earn be low aC- are re quired to re peat the course and earn a C- or better to re ceiveWP credit. See The Class Sched ule for the des ig nated WP courses foreach se mes ter. You must pass ENGL 130 (or its equiv a lent) with a C- or better be fore you may reg is ter for a WP course.

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Course Re quire ments for the Ma jor: 81-84 unitsThe fol low ing courses, or their ap proved trans fer equiv a lents, are re quiredof all can di dates for this de gree. Ad di tional re quired courses, de pend ingupon the se lected op tion or ad vis ing pat tern, are out lined fol low ing thede gree core pro gram re quire ments.

Pre-Business Information Systems MajorPre-busi ness in for ma tion stu dents achieve Busi ness In for ma tion Sys temssta tus upon com ple tion of MATH 107 and MATH 108 (or BADM 103)and ENGL 130 with a grade of C or better.

DEGREE CORE PROGRAM: 57 unitsLower-Division Core: 30 units10 courses required:ACCT 201 Intro to Fi nan cial Ac count ing 3.0 FS ACCT 202 Intro to Man a ge rial Ac count ing 3.0 FS Prerequisites: ACCT 201 (or ABUS 261 for ABUS majors only).CSCI 101 Intro to Com puter Sci ence 3.0 FS ECON 102 Prin ci ples of Macro Anal y sis 3.0 FS *ECON 103 Prin ci ples of Mi cro Anal y sis 3.0 FS *MATH 107 Fi nite Math for Busi ness 3.0 FS *Prerequisites: Completion of ELM requirement.MATH 108 Sta tis tics of Busi ness & Econ 3.0 FS Prerequisites: For business administration students: MATH 107. For other students: completion of General Education Breadth Area A4 requirement.MINS 235 Da ta base De sign 3.0 FS MINS 245 Data Comm & Net work ing 3.0 FS PHIL 102 Logic and Crit i cal Think ing 3.0 FS *Upper-Division Core: 27 units9 courses required:BSIS 301 En ter prise Tech In te gra tion 3.0 FS Prerequisites: CSCI 101, MINS 235, MINS 245.BSIS 496 Strat Iss for Info Professnls 3.0 FS WPPrerequisites: ENGL 130 (or the equivalent) with a grade of C or higher, ENGL 230 with a grade of C- or higher. Concurrent enrollment in or prior completion of allother courses in upper-division core.BLAW 302 Man ag ing the Le gal En vi ron ment 3.0 FS Prerequisites: At least junior standing.ENGL 230 Re port Writ ing 3.0 FS Prerequisites: ENGL 130.FINA 307 Sur vey of Fi nance 3.0 FS Prerequisites: ACCT 201, ECON 103.MGMT 303 Man ag ing Peo ple/Bus Proc/Chg 3.0 FS MINS 350 Busi ness Sys tems Anal y sis 3.0 FS Prerequisites: MINS 235. Concurrent enrollment in or prior completion of ENGL 230(for BSIS majors).MKTG 305 Sur vey of Mar ket ing 3.0 FS SCMS 306 Op er a tions Man age ment 3.0 FS Prerequisites: Business Administration or Business Information Systems statusrequired for business majors. Completion of General Education Breadth Area A4requirements required for all majors.

Major Option Course Requirements: 24-27 unitsThe fol low ing courses, or their ap proved trans fer equiv a lents, are required de pend ent upon the op tion cho sen. Stu dents must se lect one of the fol low ing op tions for com ple tion of the ma jor course requirements.Note: For BSIS ma jors, Busi ness In for ma tion Sys tems sta tus is re quired to reg is ter for all op tion classes.

THE OP TION INAC COUNT ING IN FOR MA TION SYS TEMS: 27 unitsAc count ing re quires a three-to-four-se mes ter se quence of classes. Stu -dents may not com plete this 27-unit op tion in fewer than three se mes -ters. Dur ing the first se mes ter, stu dents take ACCT 320, ACCT 321, and ACCT 325.Accounting Foundation: 21 units7 courses required:ACCT 320 Cost Ac count ing 3.0 FSPrerequisites: ACCT 202, BADM 103.ACCT 321 Acctng Info Sys tems/Con trol 3.0 FS Prerequisites: Concurrent enrollment in or prior completion of ACCT 202 and BSIS 301 or MINS 301.

ACCT 325 In ter me di ate Ac count ing I 3.0 FS Prerequisites: ACCT 202 and concurrent enrollment in, or prior completion of,ACCT 321.ACCT 421 Au dit ing 3.0 SP Prerequisites: ACCT 321, BADM 103; either ACCT 326 or ACCT 427.ACCT 427 SAP Ac count ing Ap pli ca tions 3.0 FA Prerequisites: ACCT 325.ACCT 437 Fed eral In come Taxes 3.0 FS Prerequisites: ACCT 201, ACCT 202.ACCT 530 Plan/Con trol/Perf Eval w/ERP 3.0 SP Prerequisites: ACCT 320, ACCT 321, ACCT 325.

Accounting Electives: 6 units2 courses se lected from:ACCT 551 In for ma tion Tech Au dit ing 3.0 SP Prerequisites: ACCT 421.BSIS 420 ERP: Sys tems Config and Use 3.0 FS Prerequisites: MINS 350, permission of instructor.CSCI 111 Pro gram ming and Al go rithms I 3.0 FS Prerequisites: At least one year of high school algebra and strong computer skills or CSCI 101.MINS 335 Da ta base Ap pli ca tion Dev 3.0 FS Prerequisites: BSIS 301, MINS 235.MINS 536 Se cu rity/Pri vacy Is sues in IT 3.0 FA Prerequisites: MINS 245.

THE OP TION IN MAN AGE MENT IN FOR MA TION SYS TEMS: 27 unitsAd vis ing is man da tory to un der stand class se quenc ing and pre req ui sitere quire ments.MINS Foundation: 18 units6 courses required:CSCI 111 Pro gram ming and Al go rithms I 3.0 FS Prerequisites: At least one year of high school algebra and strong computer skills or CSCI 101.MINS 325 Busi ness Pro gram ming 3.0 FS Prerequisites: CSCI 111.MINS 335 Da ta base Ap pli ca tion Dev 3.0 FS Prerequisites: BSIS 301, MINS 235.MINS 345 Dis trib uted Sys tems Man age ment 3.0 FS Prerequisites: BSIS 301, MINS 245.MINS 425 Intermed Busi ness Pro gram ming 3.0 FS Prerequisites: MINS 325.MINS 450 Busi ness Sys tems De sign 3.0 FS Prerequisites: MINS 325, MINS 350.

MINS Electives: 9 units3 courses se lected from:BSIS 420 ERP: Sys tems Config and Use 3.0 FS Prerequisites: MINS 350, permission of instructor.BSIS 524 Busi ness Pro gram ming with ABAP 3.0 FS Prerequisites: CSCI 111, permission of instructor; either BSIS 420 or MINS 522.CSCI 144 In tro duc tion to UNIX Op er at ing 3.0 FS CSCI 221 As sem bly Lan guage Pro gram ming 3.0 FS Prerequisites: CSCI 112.CSCI 344 UNIX Power Util i ties Shell Prg 3.0 FA MINS 452 De ci sion Sup port Soft ware 3.0 FS Prerequisites: MINS 335.MINS 498 Spec Top ics Mgmt Info Sys tems 1.0-3.0 FS Prerequisites: Senior standing.

MINS 498 must be taken for 3 unitsMINS 522 ERP: Sys tems Adm 3.0 FS Prerequisites: Concurrent enrollment in or prior completion of MINS 345 andinstructor permission.MINS 535 Da ta base Ad min is tra tion 3.0 FS Prerequisites: MINS 335 and instructor permission.MINS 536 Se cu rity/Pri vacy Is sues in IT 3.0 FA Prerequisites: MINS 245.MINS 545 Adv Dis trib uted Sys tems Mgmt 3.0 FS Prerequisites: MINS 345 and permission of instructor.MINS 546 E-Com & Cli ent Server Comptng 3.0 FS Prerequisites: MINS 350; prior completion or concurrent enrollment in MINS 345.

Note: Pre req ui sites for CSCI courses are waived for BSIS op tion stu dents, but course con tent is un changed.

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THE OP TION IN SUP PLY CHAINMAN AGE MENT SYS TEMS: 24 unitsSupply Chain Management Foundation: 9 units3 courses required:BSIS 444 Sys tems Pro ject Man age ment 3.0 FS Prerequisites: SCMS 306 and senior standing.SCMS 440 Pur chas ing & Sup ply Chain Mgmt 3.0 FS Prerequisites: SCMS 306.SCMS 471 Distrib Sys tems & Chan nel Mgmt 3.0 FS Prerequisites: MKTG 305.This course is also offered as MKTG 471.

Supply Chain Management Systems Electives: 15 units5 courses se lected from:BSIS 420 ERP: Sys tems Config and Use 3.0 FS Prerequisites: MINS 350, permission of instructor.MINS 335 Da ta base Ap pli ca tion Dev 3.0 FS Prerequisites: BSIS 301, MINS 235.MINS 450 Busi ness Sys tems De sign 3.0 FS Prerequisites: MINS 325, MINS 350.MKTG 371 Con sumer Be hav ior 3.0 FS Prerequisites: MKTG 305.MKTG 380 Mar ket ing Re search 3.0 FS Prerequisites: BADM 103, MKTG 305.MKTG 465 E-Mar ket ing 3.0 FS Prerequisites: MKTG 371.MKTG 473 Stra te gic Per sonal Sell ing 3.0 FS Prerequisites: MKTG 371.MKTG 490 Stra te gic Mar ket ing Man age ment 3.0 FS Prerequisites: MKTG 371, MKTG 380.SCMS 441 Qual ity Man age ment 3.0 FS Prerequisites: SCMS 306 or faculty permission.SCMS 442 Prod Plan & In ven tory Con trol 3.0 FS Prerequisites: SCMS 306.SCMS 443 Prod Mgmt & Con trol Sys tems 3.0 FS Prerequisites: SCMS 306.SCMS 489 In tern ship/Co op er a tive Educ 1.0-3.0 FS Prerequisites: Senior standing.

SCMS 489 must be taken for 3 units.SCMS 498 Spe cial Top ics in SCMS 1.0-3.0 FS Prerequisites: Senior standing.

SCMS 498 must be taken for 3 units.

Elec tives Re quire ment:To com plete the to tal units re quired for the bach e lor’s de gree, se lect ad -di tional elec tive courses from the to tal uni ver sity of fer ings. You shouldcon sult with an ad viser re gard ing the se lec tion of courses which willpro vide breadth to your uni ver sity ex pe ri ence and pos si bly ap ply to asup port ive sec ond ma jor or mi nor.

Grad ing Re quire ment:All courses taken to ful fill ma jor course re quire ments must be taken for a let ter grade ex cept those courses spec i fied by the de part ment asCredit/No Credit grad ing only.

Ad vis ing Re quire ment:Ad vis ing is man da tory for all ma jors in this de gree pro gram. Con sult your un der grad u ate ad viser for spe cific in for ma tion.Con sult the Un der grad u ate Ad vis ing Of fice (Glenn 323) for spe cif ics.

Hon ors in the Ma jorHon ors in the Ma jor is a pro gram of in de pend ent work in your ma jor. It in volves 6 units of hon ors course work com pleted over two se mes ters.Your Hon ors work will be rec og nized at your grad u a tion, on your per -ma nent tran scripts, and on your di ploma. It is of ten ac com pa nied by let -ters of com men da tion from your men tor in the de part ment or the de part -ment chair. Most im por tantly, how ever, the Hon ors in the Ma jor pro -gram al lows you to work closely with a fac ulty men tor in your area ofin ter est on an orig i nal per for mance or re search pro ject. This year-longcol lab o ra tion al lows you to work in your field at a pro fes sional level and cul mi nates in a pub lic pre sen ta tion of your work. Stu dents some timestake their pro jects be yond the uni ver sity for sub mis sion in pro fes sionaljour nals, pre sen ta tion at con fer ences, or com pe ti tion in shows; such ex pe ri ence is valu able for grad u ate school and later pro fes sional life.

Some com mon fea tures of Hon ors in the Ma jor pro gram are1. You must take 6 units of Hon ors in the Ma jor course work. At least 3 ofthese 6 units are in de pend ent study (499H) as spec i fied by your de part ment. You must com plete each class with a min i mum grade of B.2. You must have com pleted 9 units of up per-di vi sion course work or 21over all units in your ma jor be fore you can be ad mit ted to Hon ors in theMa jor. Check the re quire ments care fully, as there may be spe cific coursesthat must be in cluded in these units.3. Your cu mu la tive GPA should be at least 3.5 or within the top 5 per centof ma jors in your de part ment.4. Your GPA in your ma jor should be at least 3.5 or within the top 5 per cent of ma jors in your de part ment.5. Most stu dents ap ply for or are in vited to par tic i pate in Hon ors in the Ma -jor dur ing the sec ond se mes ter of their ju nior year. Then they com plete the6 units of course work over the two se mes ters of their se nior year.6. Your hon ors work cul mi nates with a pub lic pre sen ta tion of your Hon orspro ject.While Hon ors in the Ma jor is part of the Hon ors Pro gram, each de part mentad min is ters its own pro gram. Please con tact your ma jor de part ment or ma jor ad viser for fur ther in for ma tion.Honors in BusinessStu dents may ap ply for ad mis sion to the Hon ors in the Ma jor Pro gram inthe Col lege of Busi ness through any of the op tions of fered. An hon ors stu -dent must meet all the re quire ments of the cho sen op tion with a grade point av er age that places him or her in the top five per cent of stu dents en rolledwithin the op tion or must have at least a 3.5 grade point av er age in thebusi ness ma jor. Each hon ors stu dent must also com plete 6 units of the hon -ors courses in his or her op tion with a grade of B or better. These units must re sult in a re search pa per which is pub licly pre sented. See BADM 499Hand courses num bered 499H in each op tion of the course of fer ings sec tion.Please con sult your de part ment for spe cific in for ma tion.

THE MINOR IN ACCOUNTINGThe Mi nor in Ac count ing is open to non-busi ness ad min is tra tion ma jors as well as stu dents ma jor ing in busi ness ad min is tra tion op tionsother than ac count ing.

Course Re quire ments for the Mi nor: 21 unitsThe fol low ing courses, or their ap proved trans fer equiv a lents, are required of all can di dates for this mi nor.4 courses required:ACCT 201 Intro to Fi nan cial Ac count ing 3.0 FS ACCT 202 Intro to Man a ge rial Ac count ing 3.0 FS Prerequisites: ACCT 201 (or ABUS 261 for ABUS majors only).ACCT 321 Acctng Info Sys tems/Con trol 3.0 FS Prerequisites: Concurrent enrollment in or prior completion of ACCT 202 and BSIS 301 or MINS 301.ACCT 325 In ter me di ate Ac count ing I 3.0 FS Prerequisites: ACCT 202 and concurrent enrollment in, or prior completion of,ACCT 321.1 course se lected from:BSIS 301 En ter prise Tech In te gra tion 3.0 FS Prerequisites: CSCI 101, MINS 235, MINS 245.MINS 301 Cor po rate Tech In te gra tion 3.0 FS 1 course se lected from:ACCT 326 In ter me di ate Ac count ing II 3.0 FS Prerequisites: ACCT 325.ACCT 427 SAP Ac count ing Ap pli ca tions 3.0 FA Prerequisites: ACCT 325.1 course se lected from:ACCT 320 Cost Ac count ing 3.0 FSPre req ui sites: ACCT 202, BADM 103.ACCT 425 Ad vanced Ac count ing 3.0 SP Prerequisites: ACCT 326 or ACCT 427.ACCT 437 Fed eral In come Taxes 3.0 FS Prerequisites: ACCT 201, ACCT 202.ACCT 556 Ac count ing The ory 3.0 Inq Prerequisites: ACCT 326.MINS 235 Da ta base De sign 3.0 FS

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THE MINOR IN BUSINESS ADMINISTRATIONThe Mi nor in Busi ness Ad min is tra tion is not open to stu dents ma jor ingin Busi ness.

Course Re quire ments for the Mi nor: 24 unitsThe fol low ing courses, or their ap proved trans fer equiv a lents, are required of all can di dates for this mi nor.8 courses required:ACCT 201 Intro to Fi nan cial Ac count ing 3.0 FS ACCT 202 Intro to Man a ge rial Ac count ing 3.0 FS Prerequisites: ACCT 201 (or ABUS 261 for ABUS majors only).BLAW 302 Man ag ing the Le gal En vi ron ment 3.0 FS Prerequisites: At least junior standing.ECON 103 Prin ci ples of Mi cro Anal y sis 3.0 FS *FINA 307 Sur vey of Fi nance 3.0 FS Prerequisites: ACCT 201, ECON 103.MGMT 303 Man ag ing Peo ple/Bus Proc/Chg 3.0 FS MKTG 305 Sur vey of Mar ket ing 3.0 FS MINS 301 Cor po rate Tech In te gra tion 3.0 FS

THE MINOR ININTERNATIONAL BUSINESSCourse Re quire ments for the Mi nor: 30 unitsThe fol low ing courses, or their ap proved trans fer equiv a lents, are required of all can di dates for this mi nor.9 courses required:ACCT 201 Intro to Fi nan cial Ac count ing 3.0 FS ACCT 363 In ter na tional Ac count ing 3.0 Inq ECON 103 Prin ci ples of Mi cro Anal y sis 3.0 FS *FINA 307 Sur vey of Fi nance 3.0 FS Prerequisites: ACCT 201, ECON 103.FINA 459 In ter na tional Fi nance 3.0 FA Prerequisites: FINA 307.MGMT 303 Man ag ing Peo ple/Bus Proc/Chg 3.0 FS MGMT 445 In ter na tional Man age ment 3.0 FA Prerequisites: MGMT 303.MKTG 305 Sur vey of Mar ket ing 3.0 FS MKTG 477 In ter na tional Mar ket ing 3.0 FS Prerequisites: MKTG 371.1 course se lected from:ANTH 303 Cul tural An thro pol ogy 3.0 FS CMST 335 Intercult Comm The ory/Pract 3.0 FS EthECON 375 De vel op ing Coun tries 3.0 FS Prerequisites: ECON 103.GEOG 301 Global Eco nomic Ge og ra phy 3.0 SP NWMGMT 422 Con duct In ter na tional Busi ness 3.0 Inq MGMT 436 In ter na tional HRM 3.0 Inq Prerequisites: MGMT 304.MGMT 446 Intl Busi ness Trans ac tions 3.0 Inq POLS 341 In ter na tional Re la tions 3.0 FS *

THE MINOR INMANAGING DIVERSITY IN ORGANIZATIONSCourse Re quire ments for the Mi nor: 24 unitsThe fol low ing courses, or their ap proved trans fer equiv a lents, are required of all can di dates for this mi nor.Foundation: 9 units3 courses required:MCGS 155 Intro Multi cul tural/Gen der Std 3.0 FS *EthMGMT 303 Man ag ing Peo ple/Bus Proc/Chg 3.0 FS MGMT 304 Hu man Re source Man age ment 3.0 FS Breadth: 9 units1 course se lected from:MGMT 433 Train ing and De vel op ment 3.0 SP Prerequisites: MGMT 304.MGMT 443 Man ag ing In no va tion and Change 3.0 FA Prerequisites: MGMT 303.1 course se lected from:CMST 334 Gen der and Com mu ni ca tion 3.0 FS *CMST 335 Intercult Comm The ory/Pract 3.0 FS EthMGMT 345 Ne go ti a tion Techn for Con flict 3.0 SP

1 course se lected from:MGMT 442 Man ag ing Dif fer ences 3.0 FS MGMT 445 In ter na tional Man age ment 3.0 FA Prerequisites: MGMT 303.

Capstone: 6 units2 courses required:MCGS 489 In tern ship in MCGS 1.0-3.0 FS Stu dents must take at least 3 units of in tern ship.MCGS 495 Se nior Sem i nar in MCGS 3.0 FS WPPrerequisites: ENGL 130 (or its equivalent) with a grade of C- or higher.

THE MINOR IN THE MANAGEMENTOF HUMAN RESOURCESThis mi nor is open to non-Busi ness ma jors as well as to stu dents ma jor -ing in Busi ness in op tions other than Man age ment or Hu man Re sourceMan age ment.

Course Re quire ments for the Mi nor: 21 unitsThe fol low ing courses, or their ap proved trans fer equiv a lents, are required of all can di dates for this mi nor.3 courses required:BLAW 413 Em ploy ment Law 3.0 FS Prerequisites: At least junior standing.MGMT 303 Man ag ing Peo ple/Bus Proc/Chg 3.0 FS MGMT 304 Hu man Re source Man age ment 3.0 FS 1 course se lected from:HCSV 430 Mgmt of Hlth Ser vices Organiz 3.0 FA Prerequisites: ACCT 201 and HCSV 330 or permission of instructor.SCMS 306 Op er a tions Man age ment 3.0 FS Prerequisites: Business Administration or Business Information Systems statusrequired for business majors. Completion of General Education Breadth Area A4requirements required for all majors.SOCI 335 Women, Work, and Fam ily 3.0 FS *SOCI 363 So ci ol ogy of Hu man Stress 3.0 FS *3 courses se lected from:MGMT 300 Com mu ni ca tion in Busi ness 3.0 FS WPPrerequisites: ENGL 130 (or its equivalent) with a grade of C- or higher.MGMT 345 Ne go ti a tion Techn for Con flict 3.0 SP MGMT 437 Or ga ni za tional Con sult ing 3.0 SP Prerequisites: MGMT 303, MGMT 304.MGMT 441 Man ag ing Per sonal Suc cess 3.0 FS Prerequisites: MGMT 303.MGMT 442 Man ag ing Dif fer ences 3.0 FS MGMT 447 Lead er ship 3.0 FS Prerequisites: MGMT 303.MGMT 449 Transpersonal Lead er ship 3.0 Inq Prerequisites: MGMT 303.MGMT 489 Di rected In tern ship 3.0 FS Prerequisites: MGMT 304 and faculty permission.

Any ma jor’s 489 in tern ship may be sub sti tuted.MGMT 498 Spe cial Top ics in Man age ment 1.0-3.0 FS Prerequisites: Senior standing.


THE MINOR INMANAGEMENT INFORMATION SYSTEMSThis mi nor is open to non-Busi ness In for ma tion Sys tems (BSIS) ma jors.

Course Re quire ments for the Mi nor: 18 unitsThe fol low ing courses, or their ap proved trans fer equiv a lents, are required of all can di dates for this mi nor.6 courses required:BSIS 301 En ter prise Tech In te gra tion 3.0 FS Prerequisites: CSCI 101, MINS 235, MINS 245.CSCI 101 Intro to Com puter Sci ence 3.0 FS CSCI 111 Pro gram ming and Al go rithms I 3.0 FS Prerequisites: At least one year of high school algebra and strong computer skills or CSCI 101.MINS 235 Da ta base De sign 3.0 FS MINS 245 Data Comm & Net work ing 3.0 FS MINS 350 Busi ness Sys tems Anal y sis 3.0 FS Prerequisites: MINS 235. Concurrent enrollment in or prior completion of ENGL 230(for BSIS majors).

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THE MINOR IN MARKETINGThe Mi nor in Mar ket ing is open to non-Busi ness Ad min is tra tion ma jors as well as stu dents ma jor ing in Busi ness Ad min is tra tion op tions other than Mar ket ing.

Course Re quire ments for the Mi nor: 21 unitsThe fol low ing courses, or their ap proved trans fer equiv a lents, are required of all can di dates for this mi nor.2 courses required:MKTG 305 Sur vey of Mar ket ing 3.0 FS MKTG 371 Con sumer Be hav ior 3.0 FS Prerequisites: MKTG 305.3 courses se lected from:MKTG 380 Mar ket ing Re search 3.0 FS Prerequisites: BADM 103, MKTG 305.MKTG 465 E-Mar ket ing 3.0 FS Prerequisites: MKTG 371.MKTG 470 Sales Force Man age ment 3.0 FS Prerequisites: MKTG 371.MKTG 471 Distrib Sys tems & Chan nel Mgmt 3.0 FS Prerequisites: MKTG 371.This course is also offered as SCMS 471.MKTG 472 Ad ver tis ing/Mktg Comm 3.0 FS Prerequisites: MKTG 371.MKTG 473 Stra te gic Per sonal Sell ing 3.0 FS Prerequisites: MKTG 371.MKTG 474 Mar ket Anal y sis 3.0 FS Prerequisites: MKTG 371.MKTG 475 Re tail ing 3.0 FS Prerequisites: MKTG 371.MKTG 476 Busi ness Mar ket ing 3.0 Inq Prerequisites: MKTG 371.MKTG 477 In ter na tional Mar ket ing 3.0 FS Prerequisites: MKTG 371.MKTG 478 Ser vice Mar ket ing 3.0 FS Prerequisites: MKTG 371.MKTG 490 Stra te gic Mar ket ing Man age ment 3.0 FS Prerequisites: MKTG 371, MKTG 380.

6 units selected from:Non-Busi ness Ad min is tra tion ma jors may se lect 6 units from any courseswithin the Col lege of Busi ness, other than those re quired for this mi nor, forwhich you meet the pre req ui sites. Busi ness Ad min is tra tion ma jors may se -lect any up per-di vi sion course within the Col lege of Busi ness, other thanthose re quired for this mi nor, for which you meet the pre req ui sites. Up per-di vi sion mar ket ing-re lated courses of fered by an other ac a demic de part ment(e.g., RECR 422, Lei sure Ser vices Pro mo tion; GEOG 416, Lo ca tion Anal y sis) may also be taken but re quire prior ap proval by the chair of the De part ment of Fi nance and Mar ket ing or the Col lege of Busi ness Un der grad u ate Pro grams Ad viser.Written NoticeDe part men tal ap proval is re quired be fore you be gin course work for thismi nor. Ap proval can be ob tained by pro vid ing writ ten no tice of your in -ten tion to de clare this mi nor. Be sure to file a Dec la ra tion of Mi nor form,ob tain able in the Col lege of Busi ness Un der grad u ate Ad vis ing Of fice.

THE MINOR IN PRODUCTIONAND OPERATIONS MANAGEMENTThe Mi nor in Pro duc tion and Op er a tions Man age ment is open tonon-Busi ness Ad min is tra tion ma jors as well as stu dents ma jor ing in busi ness ad min is tra tion op tions other than op er a tions man age ment.

Course Re quire ments for the Mi nor: 21 unitsThe fol low ing courses, or their ap proved trans fer equiv a lents, are required of all can di dates for this mi nor.4 courses required:ACCT 201 Intro to Fi nan cial Ac count ing 3.0 FS SCMS 306 Op er a tions Man age ment 3.0 FS Prerequisites: Business Administration or Business Information Systems statusrequired for business majors. Completion of General Education Breadth Area A4requirements required for all majors.SCMS 440 Pur chas ing & Sup ply Chain Mgmt 3.0 FS Prerequisites: SCMS 306.SCMS 441 Qual ity Man age ment 3.0 FS Prerequisites: SCMS 306 or faculty permission.

1 course se lected from:MFGT 350 In dus trial Su per vi sion 3.0 SP Prerequisites: Junior standing.SCMS 442 Prod Plan & In ven tory Con trol 3.0 FS Prerequisites: SCMS 306.SCMS 443 Prod Mgmt & Con trol Sys tems 3.0 FS Prerequisites: SCMS 306.

2 courses se lected from:ACCT 202 Intro to Man a ge rial Ac count ing 3.0 FS Prerequisites: ACCT 201 (or ABUS 261 for ABUS majors only).

MATH 105 Sta tis tics 3.0 FS *Prerequisites: Completion of ELM requirement.

OR (the fol low ing course may be sub sti tuted for the above)MATH 108 Sta tis tics of Busi ness & Econ 3.0 FS Prerequisites: For business administration students: MATH 107. For other students:completion of General Education Breadth Area A4 requirement.

MINS 235 Da ta base De sign 3.0 FS

MINS 301 Cor po rate Tech In te gra tion 3.0 FS OR (the fol low ing course may be sub sti tuted for the above)MFGT 386 Manufact Au to ma tion Sys tems 3.0 FA Prerequisites: EECE 110, MFGT 360.

SCMS 442 Prod Plan & In ven tory Con trol 3.0 FS Prerequisites: SCMS 306.

OR (the fol low ing course may be sub sti tuted for the above)SCMS 443 Prod Mgmt & Con trol Sys tems 3.0 FS Prerequisites: SCMS 306.

(Which ever course was not used to meet the above re quire ment.)

THE CERTIFICATE ININFORMATION TECHNOLOGYCourse Re quire ments for the Cer tif i cate: 23 unitsThe fol low ing courses, or their ap proved trans fer equiv a lents, are required of all can di dates for this cer tif i cate.Ap pli cants must qual ify for ad mis sion to the pro gram, and the pro gram is not open to stu dents ma jor ing or minoring in Man age ment In for ma tionSys tems. Please con sult with the chair of the De part ment of Ac count ingand Man age ment In for ma tion Sys tems for ad mis sions cri te ria.A grade point av er age of 2.5 must be earned for courses re quired for the cer tif i cate, with at least a “C” earned in each course.

Foun da tion Courses: 2 units2 courses required:BSIS 101 Win dows/Wd Proc/Pres ent Softwr 1.0 FS BSIS 102 Spread sheets and Graphics 1.0 FS

Cer tif i cate Core Courses: 18 units6 courses required:BSIS 301 En ter prise Tech In te gra tion 3.0 FS Prerequisites: CSCI 101, MINS 235, MINS 245.CSCI 101 Intro to Com puter Sci ence 3.0 FS CSCI 111 Pro gram ming and Al go rithms I 3.0 FS Prerequisites: At least one year of high school algebra and strong computer skills or CSCI 101.MINS 235 Da ta base De sign 3.0 FS MINS 245 Data Comm & Net work ing 3.0 FS MINS 350 Busi ness Sys tems Anal y sis 3.0 FS Prerequisites: MINS 235. Concurrent enrollment in or prior completion of ENGL 230(for BSIS majors).

Elec tive Courses: 3 units1 course se lected from:ACCT 321 Acctng Info Sys tems/Con trol 3.0 FS Prerequisites: Concurrent enrollment in or prior completion of ACCT 202 and BSIS 301 or MINS 301.BSIS 496 Strat Iss for Info Professnls 3.0 FS WPPrerequisites: ENGL 130 (or the equivalent) with a grade of C or higher, ENGL 230 with a grade of C- or higher. Concurrent enrollment in or prior completion of allother courses in upper-division core.MINS 325 Busi ness Pro gram ming 3.0 FS Prerequisites: CSCI 111.MINS 335 Da ta base Ap pli ca tion Dev 3.0 FS Prerequisites: BSIS 301, MINS 235.

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MINS 450 Busi ness Sys tems De sign 3.0 FS Prerequisites: MINS 325, MINS 350.MINS 452 De ci sion Sup port Soft ware 3.0 FS Prerequisites: MINS 335.

THE MASTER OF SCIENCEIN ACCOUNTANCYThe MS in Ac coun tancy is a 30-unit de gree pro gram which pro vides fordepth and breadth in the Ac count ing dis ci pline oth er wise not at tain able in the un der grad u ate or MBA with em pha sis in Ac count ing pro grams. Thede gree pro gram pro vides con sid er able flex i bil ity in course work, de pend -ing upon the can di date’s prep a ra tion and in ter est. A can di date may em -pha size a par tic u lar area of study with the se lec tion of a max i mum of 9units in any one of the fol low ing three ar eas of ac count ing: Fi nan cial/Au dit ing, Man a ge rial, and Sys tems.The pro gram is in tended to serve the needs of three dif fer ent stu dent groups:1. The un der grad u ate Ac count ing ma jor pur su ing a pro fes sional ac count ing ca reer re quir ing greater depth in ac count ing sub jects.2. The un der grad u ate Busi ness ma jor de sir ing to spe cial ize in ac count ing.3. The un der grad u ate ma jor in a non-busi ness dis ci pline de sir ing ed u ca tionin busi ness and ac count ing.

Course Re quire ments for the Mas ter’s De gree: 30 unitsCon tin u ous en roll ment is re quired. A max i mum of 9 se mes ter units oftrans fer credit may be ap plied to ward the de gree.Grad u ate Time Limit: All re quire ments for the de gree are to be com pleted within five years of the end of the se mes ter of en roll ment in the old estcourse ap plied to ward the de gree. See “Grad u ate Ed u ca tion” in The Uni ver sity Cat a log for com plete de tails on gen eral de gree requirements.

Pre req ui sites to Grad u ate Study in Ac coun tancyEn roll ment in grad u ate (600-level) courses pre sup poses com ple tion of pre req ui site courses cov er ing the com mon body of knowl edge in busi ness, in clud ing:ACCT 201 Intro to Fi nan cial Ac count ing 3.0 FS ACCT 202 Intro to Man a ge rial Ac count ing 3.0 FS Prerequisites: ACCT 201 (or ABUS 261 for ABUS majors only).BADM 103 Sta tis tics of Busi ness & Econ 3.0 FS Prerequisites: For Business Administration majors: MATH 107. For others: Completion of General Education Breadth Area A4 requirement.BLAW 302 Man ag ing the Le gal En vi ron ment 3.0 FS Prerequisites: At least junior standing.ECON 103 Prin ci ples of Mi cro Anal y sis 3.0 FS *FINA 307 Sur vey of Fi nance 3.0 FS Prerequisites: ACCT 201, ECON 103.MKTG 305 Sur vey of Mar ket ing 3.0 FS MGMT 303 Man ag ing Peo ple/Bus Proc/Chg 3.0 FS SCMS 306 Op er a tions Man age ment 3.0 FS Prerequisites: Business Administration or Business Information Systems statusrequired for business majors. Completion of General Education Breadth Area A4requirements required for all majors.

Work ing knowl edge of mi cro com puter ap pli ca tions: word pro ces sor,spread sheet, and data base man age ment is re quired.Stu dents with a bac ca lau re ate in Ac count ing have nor mally met the pre req -ui site re quire ments for grad u ate study in Ac count ing. Con sult the Of fice ofthe Grad u ate Co or di na tor to de ter mine whether un met pre req ui sites re main. Upon ad mis sion to the pro gram, such stu dents usu ally be gin tak ing the 30units of re quired and elec tive courses for the MS in Ac coun tancy.Stu dents with a bac ca lau re ate in busi ness fields other than ac count ing havenor mally met the gen eral busi ness pre req ui sites for grad u ate study in ac -count ing. Such in di vid u als must show ac count ing pre req ui site com pe tencethrough prior course work or by com plet ing the fol low ing courses:ACCT 320 Cost Ac count ing 3.0 FSPre req ui sites: ACCT 202, BADM 103.ACCT 325 In ter me di ate Ac count ing I 3.0 FS Prerequisites: ACCT 202 and concurrent enrollment in, or prior completion of,ACCT 321.ACCT 326 In ter me di ate Ac count ing II 3.0 FS Prerequisites: ACCT 325.ACCT 437 Fed eral In come Taxes 3.0 FS Prerequisites: ACCT 201, ACCT 202.MINS 335 Da ta base Ap pli ca tion Dev 3.0 FS Prerequisites: BSIS 301, MINS 235.

Stu dents with a mi nor in Busi ness Ad min is tra tion may have com pletedmost of the gen eral busi ness pre req ui site re quire ments for grad u ate study in ac count ing. Con sult the Of fice of the Grad u ate Co or di na tor to de ter -mine whether un met busi ness pre req ui sites re main. These stu dents mustalso com plete the above list of ac count ing pre req ui sites.Stu dents with a non-busi ness bac ca lau re ate are also en cour aged to con -sider pur su ing the MS in Ac coun tancy. Of ten, they have met some ofthe gen eral busi ness pre req ui site re quire ments within their un der grad u -ate course work. The Of fice of the Grad u ate Co or di na tor can de ter minewhich pre req ui sites re main un met.There are two ba sic ways to meet the gen eral busi ness and ac count ingpre req ui sites. Stu dents who oth er wise meet en trance re quire ments maybe “con di tion ally clas si fied” in the MS in Ac count ing pro gram whilethey take pre req ui site courses at Cal i for nia State Uni ver sity, Chico. Al ter -na tively, stu dents may choose to com plete most or all of the pre req ui -sites, here or else where, prior to ad mis sion to the pro gram. Con sult theOf fice of the Grad u ate Co or di na tor to de ter mine which op tion will bestmeet your needs and which pre req ui sites you have al ready met.

Pre req ui sites for Ad mis sion to Con di tion ally Clas si fied Sta tus:1. Sat is fac tory grade point av er age as spec i fied in “Ad mis sion to Mas ter’s De gree Pro grams” in The Uni ver sity Cat a log.2. Ap proval by the de part ment and the Of fice of Grad u ate Pro grams.In its de lib er a tions, the Ad mis sions Com mit tee looks for re spon si ble ac a demic per for mance, for good Grad u ate Man age ment Ad mis sion Test (GMAT) scores, and for qual i ties of per sonal de vel op ment whichprom ise ca reer suc cess. Spe cif i cally, the Com mit tee re views:A. The mo ti va tion to pur sue grad u ate study in ac count ing and po ten tialto achieve an ac count ing po si tion, as ev i denced in a writ ten state mentof pur pose;B. Col le giate-level scho las tic achieve ments (the en tire un der grad u ate re -cord, with par tic u lar em pha sis on ju nior and se nior years, and grad u atere cord, if any, is ex am ined for con tent and course grades);C. Ap ti tude for ac count ing grad u ate ed u ca tion;D. The per sonal char ac ter is tics of the can di date which are con du cive toac a demic and pro fes sional suc cess, such as ma tu rity, mo ti va tion, in ter -per sonal skills, lead er ship, and breadth of ex pe ri ence, as re ported in theLet ters of Rec om men da tion.The Ad mis sion Com mit tee will op er ate in a man ner con sis tent with andsup port ive of the ide als and goals of equal ac cess and equal op por tu nity.

Pre req ui sites for Ad mis sion to Clas si fied Sta tus:Stu dents must sat isfy the “com mon body of knowl edge” gen eral busi nesspre req ui site re quire ments for grad u ate study in ac count ing iden ti fied above.

Ad vance ment to Can di dacy:In ad di tion to any re quire ments listed above:1. Clas si fied grad u ate stand ing and com ple tion of at least 9 units ofspec i fied grad u ate courses with a 3.0 min i mum grade point av er age.2. De vel op ment of an ap proved pro gram in con sul ta tion with the Ac count ing Grad u ate Co or di na tor.

Re quire ments for the MS De gree in Ac coun tancy:Com ple tion of all re quire ments as es tab lished by the Col lege of Busi ness grad u ate com mit tee, the Ac count ing Grad u ate Co or di na tor, and the Of fice of Grad u ate Stud ies, to in clude:1. Com ple tion of an ap proved pro gram con sist ing of 30 units of400/500/600-level course work as fol lows:15 units required:ACCT 421 Au dit ing 3.0 SP Prerequisites: ACCT 321, BADM 103; either ACCT 326 or ACCT 427.ACCT 623 Man age ment Con trol Sys tems 3.0 FA Prerequisites: ACCT 202.BADM 610 De ci sion Sup port Sys tems 3.0 FA Prerequisites: SCMS 640; or MINS 301 and BADM 103 and SCMS 306.BSIS 620 Stra te gic Info Sys tem Mgmt 3.0 SP Prerequisites: BADM 610.

Culminating Experience (3 units):ACCT 697 In de pend ent Study 1.0-4.0 FS Choose ACCT 697 if you plan to com plete a Star Pa per.OR (the fol low ing course may be sub sti tuted for the above)ACCT 699T Mas ter’s The sis 1.0-3.0 FS OR (the fol low ing course may be sub sti tuted for the above)

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9 units selected from:ACCT 420 Adv Cost Man age ment Sys tems 3.0 FA Prerequisites: ACCT 320.ACCT 425 Ad vanced Ac count ing 3.0 SP Prerequisites: ACCT 326 or ACCT 427.ACCT 498 Spe cial Top ics in Ac count ing 1.0-3.0 FS Prerequisites: Senior standing.ACCT 537 Fed eral In come Taxes 3.0 Inq Prerequisites: ACCT 437.ACCT 556 Ac count ing The ory 3.0 Inq Prerequisites: ACCT 326.ACCT 627 Tax Plan ning for Man age ment 3.0 Inq Prerequisites: ACCT 202.ACCT 689 Di rected In tern ship 1.0-3.0 FS ACCT 694 Sem Con tem po rary Bus Topic 1.0-3.0 FS ACCT 697 In de pend ent Study 1.0-4.0 FS BSIS 496 Strat Iss for Info Professnls 3.0 FS WPPrerequisites: ENGL 130 (or the equivalent) with a grade of C or higher, ENGL 230 with a grade of C- or higher. Concurrent enrollment in or prior completion of allother courses in upper-division core.MINS 345 Dis trib uted Sys tems Man age ment 3.0 FS Prerequisites: BSIS 301, MINS 245.MINS 350 Busi ness Sys tems Anal y sis 3.0 FS Prerequisites: MINS 235. Concurrent enrollment in or prior completion of ENGL 230(for BSIS majors).MINS 450 Busi ness Sys tems De sign 3.0 FS Prerequisites: MINS 325, MINS 350.MINS 452 De ci sion Sup port Soft ware 3.0 FS Prerequisites: MINS 335.MINS 535 Da ta base Ad min is tra tion 3.0 FS Prerequisites: MINS 335 and instructor permission.MINS 645 Ad vanced Da ta base Top ics 3.0 FA Prerequisites: MINS 335.MINS 650 Bus Info Syst De vel op ment 3.0 SP Prerequisites: BADM 610.MINS 689 Di rected In tern ship 1.0-3.0 FS MINS 694 Sem Con tem po rary Bus Topic 1.0-3.0 FS MINS 697 In de pend ent Study 1.0-4.0 FS 6 units selected from:1. 400/500/600-level re lated of fer ings, to be se lected in con sul ta tionwith the MS in Ac coun tancy ad viser.2. At least 21 of the units re quired for the de gree must be in 600-level courses.3. Ap proval of the Col lege of Busi ness Grad u ate Com mit tee and the Grad -u ate Co or di na tors Com mit tee on be half of the Fac ulty of the uni ver sity.

Grad u ate Lit er acy Re quire ment:Writ ing pro fi ciency is a grad u a tion re quire ment.Ac coun tancy stu dents are re quired to check with the Grad u ate of fice in the Col lege of Busi ness in or der to es tab lish the re quire ments for cer ti fy ing their writ ing pro fi ciency.

Grad u ate Grad ing Re quire ments:All courses in the ma jor (with the ex cep tions of In de pend ent Study -597/697, Com pre hen sive Ex am i na tion - 696, Mas ter’s Pro ject - 699P, and Mas ter’s The sis - 699T) must be taken for a let ter grade, ex cept thosecourses spec i fied by the de part ment as ABC/No Credit (400/500-levelcourses), AB/No Credit (600-level courses), or Credit/No Credit grad ingonly. A max i mum of 10 units com bined of ABC/No Credit, AB/No Credit,and Credit/No Credit grades may be used on the ap proved pro gram (in clud -ing 597/697, 696, 699P, 699T and courses out side the ma jor). While grad -ing stan dards are de ter mined by in di vid ual pro grams and in struc tors, it isalso the pol icy of the uni ver sity that un sat is fac tory grades may be givenwhen work fails to re flect achieve ment of the high stan dards, in clud ing high writ ing stan dards, ex pected of stu dents pur su ing grad u ate study.Stu dents must main tain a min i mum 3.0 grade point av er age in each ofthe fol low ing three cat e go ries: all course work taken at any ac cred itedin sti tu tion sub se quent to ad mis sion to the mas ter’s pro gram; all coursework taken at CSU, Chico sub se quent to ad mis sion to the pro gram; andall courses on the ap proved mas ter’s de gree pro gram.

Grad u ate Ad vis ing Re quire ment:Ad vis ing is man da tory each se mes ter for all Ac coun tancy stu dents. Con sult the Grad u ate Co or di na tor in the Col lege of Busi ness Grad u ateOf fice for spe cif ics.

THE MASTER OFBUSINESS ADMINISTRATIONThe goal of the MBA pro gram is to pre pare its par tic i pants for chal leng ingman a ge rial po si tions in ever-chang ing in ter na tional work ing en vi ron ments. To ac com plish this, the pro gram pro vides its par tic i pants with the knowl -edge and skills nec es sary for ef fec tive man a ge rial de ci sion-mak ing, theflex i bil ity to pur sue a gen eral or mod er ately spe cial ized busi ness cur ric u -lum, and a ba sis for con tin ued per sonal and pro fes sional growth. The pro gram is de signed for those with un der grad u ate de grees in any ma jor.

Course Re quire ments for the Mas ter’s De gree: 30 unitsCon tin u ous en roll ment is re quired. A max i mum of 9 se mes ter units oftrans fer credit may be ap plied to ward the de gree.Grad u ate Time Limit: All re quire ments for the de gree are to be com pleted within five years of the end of the se mes ter of en roll ment in the old estcourse ap plied to ward the de gree. See “Grad u ate Ed u ca tion” in The Uni ver sity Cat a log for com plete de tails on gen eral de gree requirements.

Pre req ui sites to Grad u ate Study in Busi nessEn roll ment in grad u ate (600-level) MBA courses pre sup poses com ple tion of pre req ui site courses cov er ing the com mon body of knowl edge inbusi ness, in clud ing:ACCT 201 Intro to Fi nan cial Ac count ing 3.0 FS ACCT 202 Intro to Man a ge rial Ac count ing 3.0 FS Prerequisites: ACCT 201 (or ABUS 261 for ABUS majors only).BADM 103 Sta tis tics of Busi ness & Econ 3.0 FS Prerequisites: For Business Administration majors: MATH 107. For others: Completion of General Education Breadth Area A4 requirement.BLAW 302 Man ag ing the Le gal En vi ron ment 3.0 FS Prerequisites: At least junior standing.ECON 103 Prin ci ples of Mi cro Anal y sis 3.0 FS *FINA 307 Sur vey of Fi nance 3.0 FS Prerequisites: ACCT 201, ECON 103.MGMT 300 Com mu ni ca tion in Busi ness 3.0 FS WPPrerequisites: ENGL 130 (or its equivalent) with a grade of C- or higher.MGMT 303 Man ag ing Peo ple/Bus Proc/Chg 3.0 FS MKTG 305 Sur vey of Mar ket ing 3.0 FS Work ing knowl edge of mi cro com puter ap pli ca tions: word pro ces sor,spread sheet, and data base man age ment is re quired.Stu dents with re cent bac ca lau re ates in busi ness nor mally have met allpre req ui sites for grad u ate study in busi ness. The Of fice of the Busi nessGrad u ate Co or di na tor de ter mines pre req ui site com ple tion. Upon ad mis -sion to the pro gram, such stu dents usu ally be gin tak ing the 30 units ofre quired and elec tive courses for the MBA.Stu dents with a mi nor in Busi ness Ad min is tra tion may have com pletedmost of the pre req ui site re quire ments for grad u ate study in busi ness.Con sult the Of fice of the Grad u ate Co or di na tor to de ter mine whetherun met pre req ui sites re main.Stu dents with a non-busi ness bac ca lau re ate are also en cour aged to con -sider pur su ing an MBA. Of ten, they have met some of the pre req ui sitere quire ments within their un der grad u ate course work. Con sult the Of fice of the Grad u ate Ad viser to de ter mine which un met pre req ui sites re main.There are two ba sic ways to com plete pre req ui sites cov er ing the com monbody of knowl edge in busi ness. Stu dents who oth er wise meet en trance re -quire ments may be “con di tion ally clas si fied” in the MBA pro gram whilethey take pre req ui site courses at Cal i for nia State Uni ver sity, Chico. Al ter -na tively, stu dents may choose to com plete most or all of the pre req ui sites, here or else where, prior to ad mis sion to the pro gram. Con sult the Of ficeof the Grad u ate Co or di na tor to de ter mine which op tion will best meetyour needs and which pre req ui sites you have al ready com pleted.

Pre req ui sites for Ad mis sion to Con di tion ally Clas si fied Sta tus:1. Sat is fac tory grade point av er age as spec i fied in “Ad mis sion to Mas ter’s De gree Pro grams” in The Uni ver sity Cat a log.2. Ap proval by the de part ment and the Of fice of Grad u ate Pro grams.The goal of the Grad u ate Ad mis sion Com mit tee is to se lect can di dateswho will be come ef fec tive man ag ers in pri vate and pub lic or ga ni za tions. Ac cord ingly, ap pli cants are eval u ated on in tel lec tual abil ity, dem on -strated man a ge rial abil ity and po ten tial, and per sonal char ac ter is ticscon du cive to ac a demic and pro fes sional suc cess, such as ma tu rity, mo ti va tion, in ter per sonal skills, lead er ship, and breadth of ex pe ri ence.

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In its de lib er a tions, the Ad mis sions Com mit tee looks for re spon si ble ac a demic per for mance, for good Grad u ate Man age ment Ad mis sion Test (GMAT) scores, and for qual i ties of per sonal de vel op ment whichprom ise ca reer suc cess. Spe cif i cally, the Com mit tee re views:A. The mo ti va tion to pur sue grad u ate study in busi ness and the po ten tial to achieve a man age ment po si tion as ev i denced in a writ ten state mentof pur pose;B. Col le giate-level scho las tic achieve ments (the en tire un der grad u ate re -cord, with par tic u lar em pha sis on ju nior and se nior years, and grad u atere cord, if any, is ex am ined for con tent and course grades.);C. Ap ti tude for busi ness grad u ate ed u ca tion, as in di cated by scores on the GMAT;D. The per sonal char ac ter is tics of the can di date which are con du cive toac a demic and pro fes sional suc cess, such as ma tu rity, mo ti va tion, in ter -per sonal skills, lead er ship, and breadth of ex pe ri ence, as re ported in theLet ters of Rec om men da tion.The Ad mis sion Com mit tee will op er ate in a man ner con sis tent with andsup port ive of the ide als and goals of equal ac cess and equal op por tu nity.

Pre req ui sites for Ad mis sion to Clas si fied Sta tus:Stu dents must sat isfy the “com mon body of knowl edge” pre req ui sites for grad u ate study in busi ness iden ti fied above.

Ad vance ment to Can di dacy:In ad di tion to any re quire ments listed above:1. Clas si fied grad u ate stand ing and com ple tion at the uni ver sity of atleast 9 units of the pro posed grad u ate pro gram.2. De vel op ment of an ap proved pro gram in con sul ta tion with the Grad u ate Co or di na tor.

Re quire ments for the Mas ter of Busi ness Ad min is tra tion:Com ple tion of all re quire ments as es tab lished by the Col lege of Busi nessGrad u ate Com mit tee, the Grad u ate Co or di na tor, and the Of fice of Grad u ate Stud ies to in clude:1. Com ple tion of an ap proved pro gram con sist ing of 30 units of coursework as in di cated be low.2. Com ple tion and fi nal ap proval of a the sis, a pro fes sional pa per, orsim u la tion mini-the sis as spec i fied by the stu dent’s Grad u ate Ad vi soryCom mit tee.3. Ap proval by the Col lege of Busi ness Grad u ate Com mit tee and the Grad -u ate Co or di na tors Com mit tee on be half of the fac ulty of the uni ver sity.MBA course work21 units required:ACCT 623 Man age ment Con trol Sys tems 3.0 FA Prerequisites: ACCT 202.BADM 610 De ci sion Sup port Sys tems 3.0 FA Prerequisites: SCMS 640; or MINS 301 and BADM 103 and SCMS 306.FINA 655 Sem i nar in Fi nan cial Mgmt 3.0 SP Prerequisites: FINA 307.MGMT 635 Mgmt of Peo ple & Or ga ni za tions 3.0 SP MKTG 673 Sem i nar in Stra te gic Mar ket ing 3.0 SP Prerequisites: MKTG 305.SCMS 607 Ops Plan ning & Ex e cu tion 3.0 FA BADM 693 Stra te gic Mgmt Admin Pol icy 3.0 SP Prerequisites: Consent of Graduate Coordinator.

BADM 693 is to be taken as part of the last 9 units, or dur ing the lastse mes ter of the grad u ate pro gram. Reg is tra tion in BADM 693 must beap proved by the Grad u ate Co or di na tor.9 units selected from:Busi ness elec tives: Courses in other col leges of the uni ver sity may besub sti tuted if ap proved by the Grad u ate Co or di na tor. Cul mi nat ing ex pe -ri ence may count for one to 6 units, de pend ing on op tion se lected (the sis, pro fes sional pa per, or mini-the sis).(a) At least 24 units must be 600-level; 6 units may be at 400/500-levelupon ap proval by the Grad u ate Co or di na tor.(b) Not more than 9 se mes ter units of trans fer and/or ex ten sion credit (cor re -spon dence courses and U.C. ex ten sion course work are not acceptable).(c) Not more than 9 units of In de pend ent Study (697), Di rected In tern -ship (689), and Mas ter’s The sis (699); not more than 6 units of Mas ter’sThe sis (699).MBA course work - Accounting EmphasisMBA stu dents de sir ing an em pha sis in Ac coun tancy are re quired to de clare their in tent with the Busi ness Grad u ate Co or di na tor.

Pre req ui sites for Ad mis sion to Clas si fied Sta tus:The “com mon body of knowl edge” pre req ui sites for grad u ate study in busi ness iden ti fied above, plus the fol low ing Ac count ing classes:

ACCT 320 Cost Ac count ing 3.0 FSPre req ui sites: ACCT 202, BADM 103.ACCT 325 In ter me di ate Ac count ing I 3.0 FS Prerequisites: ACCT 202 and concurrent enrollment in, or prior completion of,ACCT 321.ACCT 326 In ter me di ate Ac count ing II 3.0 FS Prerequisites: ACCT 325.ACCT 437 Fed eral In come Taxes 3.0 FS Prerequisites: ACCT 201, ACCT 202.

Ad vance ment to Can di dacy and re quire ments for the de gree are thesame as for the MBA.27 units required:ACCT 615 Prob lems Fi nan cial Ac count ing 3.0 Inq Prerequisites: ACCT 326.ACCT 621 Ad vanced Au dit ing 3.0 Inq Prerequisites: ACCT 421.ACCT 623 Man age ment Con trol Sys tems 3.0 FA Prerequisites: ACCT 202.ACCT 627 Tax Plan ning for Man age ment 3.0 Inq Prerequisites: ACCT 202.BADM 610 De ci sion Sup port Sys tems 3.0 FA Prerequisites: SCMS 640; or MINS 301 and BADM 103 and SCMS 306.BSIS 620 Stra te gic Info Sys tem Mgmt 3.0 SP Prerequisites: BADM 610.FINA 655 Sem i nar in Fi nan cial Mgmt 3.0 SP Prerequisites: FINA 307.SCMS 607 Ops Plan ning & Ex e cu tion 3.0 FA BADM 693 Stra te gic Mgmt Admin Pol icy 3.0 SP Prerequisites: Consent of Graduate Coordinator.

BADM 693 is to be taken as part of the last 9 units, or dur ing the lastse mes ter of the grad u ate pro gram. Reg is tra tion in BADM 693 must beap proved by the Grad u ate Co or di na tor.Three units of grad u ate elec tives may be sub sti tuted for ACCT 627 if the stu dent has suc cess fully com pleted ACCT 537 or the equiv a lent.3 units selected from:MGMT 635 Mgmt of Peo ple & Or ga ni za tions 3.0 SP MKTG 673 Sem i nar in Stra te gic Mar ket ing 3.0 SP Prerequisites: MKTG 305.

MBA course work - Management Information Systems EmphasisMBA stu dents de sir ing an em pha sis in Man age ment In for ma tion Sys tems are re quired to de clare their in tent with the Busi ness Grad u ate Co or di na tor.Pre req ui sites for ad mis sion to Clas si fied Sta tus:The “com mon body of knowl edge” pre req ui sites for grad u ate study inbusi ness iden ti fied above, plus the fol low ing class:

MINS 335 Da ta base Ap pli ca tion Dev 3.0 FS Prerequisites: BSIS 301, MINS 235.

Ad vance ment to Can di dacy and re quire ments for the de gree are thesame as for the MBA.24 units required:BADM 610 De ci sion Sup port Sys tems 3.0 FA Prerequisites: SCMS 640; or MINS 301 and BADM 103 and SCMS 306.BADM 693 Stra te gic Mgmt Admin Pol icy 3.0 SP Prerequisites: Consent of Graduate Coordinator.BSIS 620 Stra te gic Info Sys tem Mgmt 3.0 SP Prerequisites: BADM 610.FINA 655 Sem i nar in Fi nan cial Mgmt 3.0 SP Prerequisites: FINA 307.MINS 645 Ad vanced Da ta base Top ics 3.0 FA Prerequisites: MINS 335.MGMT 635 Mgmt of Peo ple & Or ga ni za tions 3.0 SP MKTG 673 Sem i nar in Stra te gic Mar ket ing 3.0 SP Prerequisites: MKTG 305.SCMS 607 Ops Plan ning & Ex e cu tion 3.0 FA 6 units selected from: Any 400/500/600-level MIS courses.

Grad u ate Lit er acy Re quire ment:Writ ing pro fi ciency is a grad u a tion re quire ment.All MBA stu dents will be re quired to dem on strate their writ ing com pe -tency. Early on in their pro gram of study, stu dents should check with the Grad u ate Of fice in the Col lege of Busi ness in or der to es tab lish how this re quire ment will be met. Spe cific writ ing pro fi ciency for the MBA maybe dem on strated through suc cess ful com ple tion of BADM 638.

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Grad u ate Grad ing Re quire ments:All courses in the ma jor (with the ex cep tions of In de pend ent Study -597/697, Com pre hen sive Ex am i na tion - 696, Mas ter’s Pro ject - 699P, and Mas ter’s The sis - 699T) must be taken for a let ter grade, ex cept thosecourses spec i fied by the de part ment as ABC/No Credit (400/500-levelcourses), AB/No Credit (600-level courses), or Credit/No Credit grad ingonly. A max i mum of 10 units com bined of ABC/No Credit, AB/No Credit,and Credit/No Credit grades may be used on the ap proved pro gram (in clud -ing 597/697, 696, 699P, 699T and courses out side the ma jor). While grad -ing stan dards are de ter mined by in di vid ual pro grams and in struc tors, it isalso the pol icy of the uni ver sity that un sat is fac tory grades may be givenwhen work fails to re flect achieve ment of the high stan dards, in clud ing high writ ing stan dards, ex pected of stu dents pur su ing grad u ate study.Stu dents must main tain a min i mum 3.0 grade point av er age in each ofthe fol low ing three cat e go ries: all course work taken at any ac cred itedin sti tu tion sub se quent to ad mis sion to the mas ter’s pro gram; all coursework taken at CSU, Chico sub se quent to ad mis sion to the pro gram; and all courses on the ap proved mas ter’s de gree pro gram.

Grad u ate Ad vis ing Re quire ment:Ad vis ing is man da tory each se mes ter for all MBA stu dents. Con sult the Grad -u ate Co or di na tor in the Col lege of Busi ness Grad u ate Of fice for spe cif ics.

The FacultyDepartment of Accounting and Management Information SystemsSteven J. Adams, 1982, Administrator, PhD, Univ Cincinnati.Harish Bahl, 1990, Professor, PhD, Ohio St U.Raymond F. Boykin, 1986, Professor, PhD, St Louis U.Karl A. Brugger, 1978, Professor Emeritus, PhD, Arizona State Univ.Dalen Chiang, 2001, Professor, PhD, UC Berkeley.Earl Chrysler, 1985, Professor Emeritus, PhD, USC.James R. Connolly, 1996, Professor, PhD, U Colorado.Gail Corbitt, 1991, Chair, Professor, PhD, U Colorado.Curtis L. DeBerg, 1990, Professor, PhD, OK State U.Amin A. Elmallah, 1969, Professor Emeritus, PhD, U Illinois.Lorraine Gardiner, 2002, Professor, PhD, U Georgia.Stanley Gardiner, 2002, Professor, PhD, U Georgia.Paul W. Guy, 1979, Professor, PhD, Texas A&M.David C. Heinze, 1981, Professor Emeritus, PhD, Arizona State Univ.George D. Johnson, 1969, Professor Emeritus, PhD, Kansas St.Tim Kizirian, 2001, Assoc Professor, PhD, U Arizona.Paul Krause, 1980, Professor Emeritus, PhD, U Oklahoma.Richard Lea, 1989, Professor Emeritus, PhD, U MN.John D. Lees, 1981, Assoc Professor, PhD, U Florida.Wallace R. Leese, 1978, Professor, PhD, Arizona State Univ.Robert M. Matson, 1978, Assoc Prof Emeritus, MS, Golden Gate Univ.James R. Mensching, 1991, Professor, PhD, U Chicago.Valerie C. Milliron, 1990, Professor, PhD, USC.Brock G. Murdoch, 1985, Professor, PhD, UC Irvine.Samir I. Nissan, 1980, Professor, PhD, U Illinois.Leroy J. Pryor, 1980, Professor Emeritus, DBA, USC.James Sager, 2002, Assoc Professor, PhD, U Colorado.Kent Sandoe, 1998, Professor, PhD, Claremont.Department of Finance and MarketingFrancis X. Callahan, 1968, Professor Emeritus, PhD, New Sch for Soc Res.Kenny K. Chan, 1985, Professor, PhD, U Mass.Kenneth J. Chapman, 2001, Professor, PhD, U Colorado.Richard N. Davis, 1973, Professor Emeritus, PhD, U Arkansas.Elmer G. Dickson, 1970, Professor Emeritus, PhD, U Illinois.Hsieh-Yuen Christine Hsu, 1985, Professor, PhD, Penn St U.Paul T. Kinney, 1968, Professor Emeritus, PhD, USC.Vern S. Kirkendall, 1958, Professor Emeritus, MS, Kansas St.Matthew L. Meuter, 2000, Professor, PhD, Arizona State Univ.Shekhar Misra, 1985, Chair, Professor, PhD, U Oregon.Suleman A. Moosa, 1980, Professor, PhD, U Penn.Robert A. Olsen, 1975, Professor Emeritus, PhD, U Oregon.Michael F. O’Neill, 1979, Professor, PhD, U Oregon.Richard R. Ponarul, 1984, Professor, PhD, U Chicago.Arno Rethans, 1999, Vice Prov. Planning, Resource Alloc, & Eval,Administrator, PhD, U Oregon.Dennis E. Schlais, 1974, Professor Emeritus, PhD, Arizona State Univ.

Robert H. Scott, 1987, Professor, PhD, Harvard U.Nitish C. Singh, 2003, Assoc Professor, PhD, St Louis U.Daniel R. Toy, 1989, Professor, PhD, Penn St U.George Troughton, 1987, Professor Emeritus, PhD, U Mass.Stuart VanAuken, 1986, Professor Emeritus, PhD, U No Texas.Lauren Wright, 1989, Professor, PhD, Penn St U.Department of ManagementCharles D. Cambridge, 1978, Professor, PhD, U MN.Chester Cotton, 1972, Professor Emeritus, PhD, U Oregon.Hans J. Daumer, 1969, Professor Emeritus, PhD, Case Wstrn Res Univ.Susan Gardner, 1977, Professor, JD, UOP.Glenn M. Gomes, 1985, Professor, PhD, USC.Winston W. Hill, 1957, Professor Emeritus, PhD, U of WA.Julie A. Indvik, 1983, Professor, PhD, U WI.Pamela R. Johnson, 1984, Professor, PhD, U WI.Mark F. Levine, 1978, Professor, PhD, UCLA.Kathryn E. Lewis, 1978, Chair, Professor, PhD, Arizona State Univ.Bill Linder, 1970, Professor Emeritus, DBA, U Oregon.Lynn T. McDonald, 1983, Professor, PhD, Ohio St U.John F. McKenna, 1977, Professor Emeritus, PhD, UC Irvine.James F. Morgan, 1983, Professor, JD, UC Davis.Terry W. Noel, 2004, Assoc Professor, PhD, U Colorado.James M. Owens, 1979, Professor, JD, Wstrn Law.Claudia Rawlins, 1983, Professor Emerita, PhD, Arizona State Univ.Scott Sibary, 1983, Professor, JD, UC Berkeley.Marc Siegall, 1986, Professor, PhD, Northwestern U.Jeff W. Trailer, 2001, Assoc Professor, PhD, U Houston.

Accounting Course OfferingsPlease see the sec tion on “Course De scrip tion Sym bols and Terms” inThe Uni ver sity Cat a log for an ex pla na tion of course de scrip tion ter mi -nol ogy and sym bols, the course num ber ing sys tem, and course creditunits. All courses are lec ture and dis cus sion and em ploy let ter grad ingun less oth er wise stated. Some pre req ui sites may be waived with fac ultyper mis sion. Many syl labi are avail able on the Chico Web.ACCT 201 Introduction to Financial Accounting 3.0 Fa/SprA study of fi nan cial re ports, their con struc tion and use. Pro ce dures arein tro duced to the ex tent nec es sary to il lus trate ba sic con cepts. De signedto meet the needs of pro spec tive ac count ing ma jors, stu dents of busi nessad min is tra tion, and stu dents seek ing a gen eral ed u ca tion. For merly ACCT 015. CAN BUS 2.ACCT 202 Introduction to Managerial Accounting 3.0 Fa/SprPrerequisites: ACCT 201 (or ABUS 261 for ABUS majors only).The ap pli ca tion of ap pro pri ate tech niques and con cepts in pro cess ing his -tor i cal and pro jected eco nomic data to as sist man a ge rial plan ning, con trol -ling, and de ci sion-mak ing. Se lected top ics in clude cost con cepts, prod uctcost ing, cost be hav ior, bud get ing, stan dard cost anal y sis, rel e vant costanal y sis, and con tri bu tion mar gin. For merly ACCT 016. CAN BUS 4.ACCT 320 Cost Accounting 3.0 Fa/SprPrerequisites: ACCT 202, BADM 103.Cost con cepts, de ter mi na tion, con trol, and anal y sis. The em pha sis is on com mu ni cat ing cost data for de ci sion-mak ing. Top ics in clude cost be hav ior and es ti ma tion, di rect cost ing, cap i tal bud get ing, in ven tory con trol, and the new man u fac tur ing en vi ron ment. For merly ACCT 110.ACCT 321 Accounting Information Systems and

Control3.0 Fa/Spr

Prerequisites: Concurrent enrollment in or prior completion of ACCT 202 and BSIS 301 or MINS 301.Anal y sis and eval u a tion of ex ist ing man ual and com puter-based ac count -ing sys tems. Ap pli ca tion of sys tems anal y sis and de sign tech niques tocase stud ies and ac tual or ga ni za tional sys tems. De sign of in put ed its andau dit trial out puts as in te gral sys tem com po nents. For merly ACCT 111.ACCT 325 Intermediate Accounting I 3.0 Fa/SprPrerequisites: ACCT 202 and concurrent enrollment in, or prior completion of,ACCT 321.Ac count ing the ory and prac tice ap pli ca ble to in come de ter mi na tion andval u a tion of as sets, li a bil i ties, and owner’s eq uity. Prep a ra tion of ex ter nalfi nan cial re ports. For merly ACCT 115.ACCT 326 Intermediate Accounting II 3.0 Fa/SprPrerequisites: ACCT 325.Con tin u a tion of ACCT 325, in clud ing spe cial prob lems of in come de ter mi -na tion, as set val u a tion, and fi nan cial re port ing. For merly ACCT 116.

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ACCT 351 Simulation Laboratory Accounting 1.0 Fa/SprPrerequisites: Faculty permission.Lab o ra tory ex pe ri ence with man age ment sim u la tion pro grams. The stu -dent in ter acts with a sim u lated busi ness en vi ron ment via com puter fa cil i -ties or other lab o ra tory sit u a tions. 2.0 hours ac tiv ity. You may take thiscourse more than once for a max i mum of 6.0 units. Credit/no creditgrad ing only. For merly ACCT 191.ACCT 359 Directed Mentorship 3.0 Fa/SprPrerequisites: ACCT 320, ACCT 325.This course as sists in tro duc tory fi nan cial and man a ge rial ac count ing stu dents to mas ter the ma te rial. It re in forces ba sic ac count ing knowl edge and im -proves com mu ni ca tion skills while pro vid ing a valu able ser vice to other stu dents. 1.0 hour dis cus sion, 4.0 hours ac tiv ity. For merly ACCT 119.ACCT 363 International Accounting 3.0 In quireAc count ing con cepts, stan dards, and pro ce dures for the in ter na tionalbusi ness en vi ron ment. Ac count ing in for ma tion sys tems un der dif fer ent le -gal, cul tural, so cial, po lit i cal, and eco nomic con di tions. In ter na tional and na tional ac count ing pro nounce ments af fect ing in ter na tional busi ness willbe em pha sized. For merly ACCT 123.ACCT 365 Not-for-Profit Accounting 3.0 In quirePrerequisites: ACCT 202.Con cepts, prin ci ples, and prob lems of fund ac count ing for gov ern ment and non-profit or ga ni za tions. The de sign of ac count ing sys tems for hos pi tals,ed u ca tional in sti tu tions, and com mu nity or ga ni za tions. Em pha sis is on the role of ac count ing in mak ing de ci sions in gov ern ment and non-profitor ga ni za tions. For merly ACCT 125.ACCT 389 Internship and Cooperative Education 1.0-3.0 Fa/SprPrerequisites: Senior standing, faculty permission.This course is an in tern ship of fered for 1.0-3.0 units. You must reg is ter di -rectly with a su per vis ing fac ulty mem ber. For stu dents who wish to gainprac ti cal work ex pe ri ence with par tic i pat ing firms/or ga ni za tions. Thiscourse en ables a stu dent to study pol icy, con trol, and de ci sion-mak ing in a spe cial ized work en vi ron ment. See ad viser for stu dent’s per for mancere quire ments, as sign ments, and meth ods of eval u a tion prior to un der tak ing the in tern ship. You may take this course more than once for a max i mumof 15.0 units. Credit/no credit grad ing only. For merly ACCT 189.ACCT 399 Special Problems 1.0-3.0 Fa/SprThis course is an in de pend ent study of spe cial prob lems of fered for 1.0-3.0 units. You must reg is ter di rectly with a su per vis ing fac ulty mem ber. Stu -dents reg is ter ing for this course should pre pare a pro ject pro posal to bedis cussed with their fac ulty ad viser be fore en roll ing in the course. You may take this course more than once for a max i mum of 6.0 units.Credit/no credit grad ing only. For merly ACCT 199.ACCT 420 Advanced Cost Management Systems 3.0 FallPrerequisites: ACCT 320.Top ics in cost man age ment sys tems, fo cus ing on the de sign of cost man age -ment sys tems for man u fac tur ing and ser vice en vi ron ments. Cov er age in -cludes ac tiv ity-based cost ing, just-in-time man u fac tur ing, al lo ca tions, trans fer pric ing, per for mance eval u a tion, qual ity mea sure ment and con trol, and costes ti ma tions. A case-study for mat is used. For merly ACCT 210.ACCT 421 Auditing 3.0 SpringPrerequisites: ACCT 321, BADM 103; either ACCT 326 or ACCT 427.A study of the pur pose, stan dards, ev i dence, pro fes sional eth ics, and le gal li a bil ity at ten dant to the ex pres sion of an opin ion as to the fair nessof fi nan cial state ment pre sen ta tion. For merly ACCT 221.ACCT 425 Advanced Accounting 3.0 SpringPrerequisites: ACCT 326 or ACCT 427.Top ics in clude con sol i dated fi nan cial state ments, com par a tive ac count ingstan dards, in ter na tional ac count ing prin ci ples and re port ing re quire ments,and gov ern men tal and other not-for-profit ac count ing. For merly ACCT 215.ACCT 427 SAP Accounting Applications 3.0 FallPrerequisites: ACCT 325.Con tin u a tion of ACCT 325 and ad di tional fi nan cial ac count ing top icswith a fo cus on their in te gra tion into an en ter prise re source plan ning sys tem (i.e., SAP). For merly ACCT 117.ACCT 437 Federal Income Taxes 3.0 Fa/SprPrerequisites: ACCT 201, ACCT 202.An in tro duc tion to the study of cor po rate part ner ship, in di vid ual, and fi du ciary tax a tion in a multi-ju ris dic tion en vi ron ment. Em pha sis is on the rec og ni tion of ma jor tax is sues in her ent in busi ness and fi nan cialtrans ac tions us ing in te grated case stud ies, and de vel op ing tax re searchand com mu ni ca tion skills. For merly ACCT 127.

ACCT 498 Special Topics in Accounting 1.0-3.0 Fa/SprPrerequisites: Senior standing.This course is for spe cial top ics of fered for 1.0-3.0 units. Typ i cally thetopic is of fered on a one-time-only ba sis and may vary from term to term and be dif fer ent for dif fer ent sec tions. See The Class Sched ule forthe spe cific topic be ing of fered. For ad vanced stu dents who wish to in -ves ti gate busi ness prob lems in spe cial ized ar eas. Ap pli ca tion of re searchmeth ods. For merly ACCT 298.ACCT 499H Honors Seminar in Accounting 3.0 Fa/SprPrerequisites: Faculty permission.This 3-unit course con sists of a com pre hen sive re search study and pa perdeal ing with busi ness pol icy and strat egy, and the in te gra tive and in ter -na tional as pects of busi ness op er a tions, es pe cially as they per tain to thefields of ac count ing, au dit ing, or sys tems. A fi nal writ ten re port and apub lic pre sen ta tion of find ings are both re quire ments of this course. Busi -ness Hon ors Pro gram stu dents must re ceive at least a B in this course forHon ors credit. You may take this course more than once for a max i mum of 6.0 units. For merly ACCT 299H.ACCT 530 Planning, Control, and Performance

Evaluation Using Enterprise Resource Planning Software

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Prerequisites: ACCT 320, ACCT 321, ACCT 325.This course pro vides stu dents with an in-depth view of the enterprisewideplan ning, con trol, and per for mance ca pa bil i ties of SAP R/3. A com pre hen -sive case study is cre ated by stu dent teams rep re sent ing the value chain ar -eas of pro cure ment, pro duc tion, and sales. The case study de vel ops a com -pre hen sive plan for sales, pro duc tion, pro cure ment, cost cen ter ac tiv i ties,stan dard prod uct costs, and prod uct prices. Stu dents then re cord ac tual re -sults for a pe riod and per form a com pre hen sive anal y sis of ac tual vs.planned re sults. You may take this course more than once for a max i mum of 6.0 units. For merly ACCT 230.ACCT 537 Federal Income Taxes —

Corporate, Partnerships, Fiduciary3.0 In quire

Prerequisites: ACCT 437.A study of fed eral laws, reg u la tions, etc., per tain ing to es tate and gift tax -a tion and in come tax a tion of part ner ships, cor po ra tions, and fi du cia ries.Prac tice in tax re turn prep a ra tion and prob lem-solv ing is pro vided. For merly ACCT 228.ACCT 551 Information Technology Auditing 3.0 SpringPrerequisites: ACCT 421.Us ing SAP, this course takes a hands-on ap proach to at test and as sur ancesser vices of IT au di tors. The course em pha sizes the as sess ment of in ter naland com puter con trols in or der to iden tify key risks within ac count ing cy -cles. Stu dents gain knowl edge of ap pro pri ate data pro cess ing meth ods aswell as seg re ga tion of in com pat i ble IT func tions in the sys tem. Within sev -eral ac count ing cy cles, stu dents test gen eral, ap pli ca tion, and se cu rity con -trols to iden tify key au dit con cerns and fo cus au dit ef fort on “most im por -tant as ser tions.” The as sess ment of ap pli ca tion con trols in volves a re viewof in put, pro cess ing, and out put con trols. Stu dents as sess fac tors that con -trib ute to IT fraud, iden tify seeded fraud schemes, and re spond to seededfraud-re lated de tected mis state ments. Fi nally, stu dents con sider meth ods ofin for ma tion sys tem main te nance and con fig u ra tion for stron ger con trols.For merly ACCT 223.ACCT 556 Accounting Theory 3.0 In quirePrerequisites: ACCT 326.A study of the o ret i cal con sid er ation in as set mea sure ment and in comede ter mi na tion. Em pha sis is placed on the pro nounce ments of rec og nizedac count ing au thor i ties. For merly ACCT 226.ACCT 615 Problems in Financial Accounting 3.0 In quirePrerequisites: ACCT 326.Ad vanced course in ex ter nal re port ing prob lems in con tro ver sial ar eas.Ap pli ca tion of ac count ing the ory and the con cep tual frame work to theso lu tion of emerg ing prob lems. For merly ACCT 315B.ACCT 621 Advanced Auditing 3.0 In quirePrerequisites: ACCT 421.An ad vanced study of au dit de ci sion-mak ing and in ter nal con trol eval u a tionin EDP en vi ron ments. For merly ACCT 321.ACCT 623 Management Control Systems 3.0 FallPrerequisites: ACCT 202.The study of or ga ni za tional uses of ac count ing in for ma tion to im ple mentstrat e gies and con trol op er a tions. Read ings and cases em pha size the roleand uses of ac count ing in for ma tion in the new man u fac tur ing en vi ron -ment, in to tal qual ity man age ment, and in in ter na tional op er a tions. For merly ACCT 323.

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ACCT 627 Tax Planning for Management 3.0 In quirePrerequisites: ACCT 202.Eco nomic im pli ca tions of se lected man age ment de ci sions in volv ing ap -pli ca tion of fed eral in come tax laws. Rec og ni tion of tax haz ards and taxsav ings. For merly ACCT 327B.ACCT 689 Directed Internship 1.0-3.0 Fa/SprThis course is an in tern ship of fered for 1.0-3.0 units. You must reg is ter di -rectly with a su per vis ing fac ulty mem ber. Study of pol icy, con trol, and de ci -sion-mak ing in se lected or ga ni za tions, ar ranged and su per vised by a mem -ber of the grad u ate fac ulty in close work ing re la tion ship with the man age -ment of an or ga ni za tion. You may take this course more than once for amax i mum of 15.0 units. Credit/no credit grad ing only. For merly ACCT 389.ACCT 691 Simulation Laboratory in Accounting 1.0 Fa/SprPrerequisites: Faculty permission.Lab o ra tory ex pe ri ence with com put er ized or other sim u la tion en vi ron ments.The stu dent in ter acts with a sim u lated busi ness en vi ron ment, of ten via thetime shar ing com puter sys tem. 3.0 hours lab o ra tory. For merly ACCT 391.ACCT 694 Seminar in

Contemporary Business Topics1.0-3.0 Fa/Spr

This course is a sem i nar of fered for 1.0-3.0 units. You must reg is ter di -rectly with a su per vis ing fac ulty mem ber. Con tem po rary busi ness top icswhich will al low the stu dent to con duct in-depth re search into busi nessprob lems and op por tu ni ties. The course will al low top i cal mat ter to betaken up as it de vel ops within the econ omy. You may take this coursemore than once for a max i mum of 3.0 units. For merly ACCT 394.ACCT 697 Independent Study 1.0-4.0 Fa/SprThis course is a grad u ate-level in de pend ent study of fered for 1.0-4.0units. You must reg is ter di rectly with a su per vis ing fac ulty mem ber. You may take this course more than once for a max i mum of 6.0 units.For merly ACCT 398.ACCT 699T Master’s Thesis 1.0-3.0 Fa/SprThis course is of fered for 1.0-3.0 units. You must reg is ter di rectly with asu per vis ing fac ulty mem ber. You may take this course more than oncefor a max i mum of 6.0 units. For merly ACCT 398.

Business Administration Course OfferingsBADM 101 Understanding Global Business 3.0 Fa/SprUs ing a com bi na tion of lec ture, dis cus sion, and ac tiv ity-based par tic i pa -tion, this course pro vides stu dents with an in tro duc tion to busi ness withat ten tion to the global con text of the 21st Cen tury. This course guidesstu dents at an in tro duc tory level from idea gen er a tion, en tre pre neur ialbe hav ior and hu man re source is sues, through fi nanc ing, mar ket ing, pro -duc ing, and dis trib ut ing prod ucts and ser vices. The roles of tech nol ogyand eth ics are stressed through out the course. Ac tiv i ties in cor po rate ba sic com mu ni ca tion and com puter lit er acy skills as well as li brary re searchand in for ma tion com pe ten cies. For merly BADM 001.BADM 101H Understanding Global Business - Honors 3.0 FallPrerequisites: Admission to the HonUs ing a com bi na tion of lec ture, dis cus sion, and ac tiv ity-based par tic i pa -tion, this course pro vides stu dents with an in tro duc tion to busi ness withat ten tion to the global con text of the 21st Cen tury. This course guidesstu dents at an in tro duc tory level from idea gen er a tion, en tre pre neur ialbe hav ior and hu man re source is sues, through fi nanc ing, mar ket ing, pro -duc ing, and dis trib ut ing prod ucts and ser vices. The roles of tech nol ogyand eth ics are stressed through out the course. Ac tiv i ties in cor po rate ba sic com mu ni ca tion and com puter lit er acy skills as well as li brary re searchand in for ma tion com pe ten cies. For merly BADM 001.BADM 103 Statistics of Business and Economics 3.0 Fa/SprPrerequisites: For Business Administration majors: MATH 107. For others: Completion of General Education Breadth Area A4 requirement.De scrip tive sta tis tics, sam pling the ory, sta tis ti cal in fer ence and tests of hy poth e ses, anal y sis of vari ance, chi-square tests, sim ple re gres sion andcor re la tion, and mul ti ple re gres sion and cor re la tion. For merly BADM 003.BADM 495 Senior Seminar in

Applied Strategic Decision Making3.0 Fa/Spr

Prerequisites: Graduating senior standing. Completion of all courses inupper-division core.An in ter dis ci plin ary cap stone sem i nar em pha siz ing the anal y sis of com plexbusi ness prob lems in do mes tic and global set tings. Us ing a stra te gic man age -ment frame work, this course in te grates core busi ness knowl edge across allfunc tional and de ci sion-sup port ar eas to ar rive at eco nom i cally sound, eth i -cally prin ci pled, value-add ing so lu tions. The sem i nar com bines lec ture, dis -cus sion, case anal y sis, and sim u la tion as prin ci pal meth ods for learn ing how to ef fec tively man age the busi ness en ter prise in com pet i tive en vi ron ments.2.0 hours dis cus sion, 2.0 hours ac tiv ity. For merly BADM 295.

BADM 498 Special Topics 1.0-3.0 Fa/SprPrerequisites: To be established when course is formulated.This course is for spe cial top ics of fered for 1.0-3.0 units. Typ i cally thetopic is of fered on a one-time-only ba sis and may vary from term to term and be dif fer ent for dif fer ent sec tions. See The Class Sched ule forthe spe cific topic be ing of fered. For merly BADM 298.BADM 499H Honors Seminar in Business 3.0 FallPrerequisites: Admission to Business Honors in the Major program.This course is a com mon first Hon ors course for stu dents in all op tions,to be fol lowed by an op tion-spe cific 499H. This is pri mar ily a re searchmeth ods course where stu dents will learn the meth od ol o gies nec es saryfor them to suc ceed in their Hon ors pro jects. Is sues range from se lect inga topic to the na ture of data and spe cific re search meth ods. The coursealso helps stu dents in te grate knowl edge that they have gained from theirbusi ness stud ies. For merly BADM 299H.BADM 610 Decision Support Systems 3.0 FallPrerequisites: SCMS 640; or MINS 301 and BADM 103 and SCMS 306.An ex am i na tion of soft ware prod ucts avail able to as sist man ag ers dur ingde ci sion-mak ing. Ap pli ca tion of sev eral pro grams in the ar eas of sta tis ti calanal y sis, man age ment sci ence, da ta base man age ment sys tems, spread -sheets, and ex pert sys tems to busi ness sit u a tions. Case stud ies re quir ingcom puter so lu tion, pro fes sional re port-writ ing, and con fer ence-style pre sen ta tions. For merly BADM 310.BADM 638 Business Communication Skills for

Managers3.0 In quire

Ex am i na tion of a va ri ety of is sues in cor po rate com mu ni ca tion, in clud ing eth i cal, or ga ni za tional, and cross-cul tural con se quences of mes sagechoices. Fo cus on those de ci sions made by man ag ers that are con veyedand im ple mented us ing writ ten doc u ments, oral pre sen ta tions, dyadiccon ver sa tions, and group meet ings. For merly BADM 338.BADM 689 Directed Internship 1.0-3.0 Fa/SprThis course is an in tern ship of fered for 1.0-3.0 units. You must reg is ter di -rectly with a su per vis ing fac ulty mem ber. Study of pol icy, con trol, and de ci -sion mak ing in se lected or ga ni za tions, ar ranged and su per vised by a mem -ber of the grad u ate fac ulty in close work ing re la tion ship with the man age -ment of the or ga ni za tion. You may take this course more than once for amax i mum of 15.0 units. Credit/no credit grad ing only. For merly BADM 389.BADM 693 Seminar in Strategic Management

and Administrative Policy3.0 Spring

Prerequisites: Consent of Graduate Coordinator.A case-ori ented, in ter dis ci plin ary cap stone sem i nar. Em pha sis is on the anal -y sis of com plex busi ness prob lems via the in te gra tion of the sub ject mat ter of all pre vi ous pro gram courses. Link ing the firm’s in ter nal and ex ter nal en vi -ron ments from the to tal-en ter prise per spec tive of the gen eral man ager, thiscourse un der takes a sys tem atic in quiry into the stra te gic man age ment andad min is tra tive busi ness pol icy is sues per tain ing to the or ga ni za tion’s per for -mance and ef fec tive ness. Cap stone stu dents will par tic i pate in pro ject teamsand un der take a com pre hen sive con sult ing ex pe ri ence with a cli ent or ga ni -za tion as an in te gral com po nent of the course. For merly BADM 393.BADM 697 Independent Study 1.0-4.0 Fa/SprThis course is a grad u ate-level in de pend ent study of fered for 1.0-4.0units. You must reg is ter di rectly with a su per vis ing fac ulty mem ber. You may take this course more than once for a max i mum of 6.0 units.For merly BADM 398.

Business Information Systems Course OfferingsBSIS 101 Windows, Word Processing,

and Presentation Software1.0 Fa/Spr

This course pres ents an over view of the Win dows op er at ing en vi ron ment and a more in-depth look at Microsoft Word. In ad di tion, MicrosoftPowerPoint soft ware is in tro duced. .5 hour dis cus sion, 1.0 hour ac tiv ity.Credit/no credit grad ing only. For merly MINS 001.BSIS 102 Spreadsheets and Graphics 1.0 Fa/SprThis course cov ers the de vel op ment of com plex spread sheets, in clud ing theprep a ra tion of charts and graphs, us ing Microsoft Ex cel. .5 hour dis cus sion,1.0 hour ac tiv ity. Credit/no credit grad ing only. For merly MINS 002.BSIS 103 Introduction to Databases 1.0 Fa/SprThis course uses Microsoft Ac cess to teach the fun da men tals of da ta -bases. Stu dents learn how to cre ate ta bles, que ries, data en try forms, and user re ports. .5 hour dis cus sion, 1.0 hour ac tiv ity. Credit/no creditgrad ing only. For merly MINS 003.

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BSIS 301 Enterprise Technology Integration 3.0 Fa/SprPrerequisites: CSCI 101, MINS 235, MINS 245.This course in tro duces stu dents to the con cept of in for ma tion sys tems as theap pli ca tion of tech ni cal re sources to sup port or ga ni za tional pro cesses. Given this foun da tion, stu dents build an in te gra tive, pro cess-ori ented un der stand ing of in for ma tion sys tems and their de ploy ment, man age ment, and use withindis trib uted and global or ga ni za tions. Pro jects fo cus on in tro duc tory en ter -prise sys tems, cli ent-server da ta base sys tems man age ment, cor po rate datanet work ing, and ad vanced Web pro gram ming. For this course stu dents areex pected to have dem on strated pro fi ciency in the use of mi cro com put ersand of fice au to ma tion soft ware, in clud ing word pro cess ing, spread sheets,and desk top da ta bases. A pro fi ciency exam is given dur ing the first week ofeach se mes ter, and stu dents are en cour aged to take this exam in ad vance ofthe se mes ter they in tend to en roll in the class. 2.5 hours dis cus sion, 1.0 hour ac tiv ity. For merly BIS 110.BSIS 420 Enterprise Resource Planning:

Systems Configuration and Use3.0 Fa/Spr

Prerequisites: MINS 350, permission of instructor.This course fo cuses on set ting up an En ter prise Re source Plan ning (ERP)sys tem for use in a global or ga ni za tion. Stu dents learn how to con fig ure alarge sys tem to sup port a global or ga ni za tion with mul ti ple com pa nies.Con cepts, is sues, cur rent trends, and de ci sion mak ing are ad dressedthrough a cross-func tional view of the en ter prise. Pro ject man age mentskills are en hanced as the stu dents work in cross-func tional teams in or derto con fig ure and use a multi-com pany ERP sys tem. 2.0 hours dis cus sion,2.0 hours ac tiv ity. For merly BIS 220.BSIS 444 Systems Project Management 3.0 Fa/SprPrerequisites: SCMS 306 and senior standing.Ap pli ca tion of Pro ject Man age ment (PM) con cepts and tools to sys temspro jects. Stu dents work in teams and ap ply PM con cepts to pro jects andac tual prob lems in or ga ni za tions. 2.0 hours dis cus sion, 2.0 hours ac tiv ity. You may take this course more than once for a max i mum of 6.0 units.For merly BIS 241.BSIS 496 Strategic Issues for

Information Systems Professionals3.0 Fa/Spr

Prerequisites: ENGL 130 (or the equivalent) with a grade of C or higher, ENGL 230 with a grade of C- or higher. Concurrent enrollment in or prior completion of allother courses in upper-division core.A se nior sem i nar with an em pha sis on strat egy and man age ment of adop tion, im ple men ta tion, and use of in for ma tion sys tems in busi ness.An in te gra tive course serv ing to or ga nize the in for ma tion learned fromear lier in for ma tion sys tems and busi ness school courses. The class com -bines lec tures, di rected struc tured and semi-struc tured read ings, caseanal y ses, writ ing as sign ments, group work, and class dis cus sion to pro -vide an un der stand ing of key and cur rent in for ma tion sys tems top ics. Le -gal, eth i cal, en vi ron men tal, and cul tural is sues re lated to se lec tion anduse of sys tems are ad dressed. 2.5 hours dis cus sion, 1.0 hour ac tiv ity.This is a writ ing pro fi ciency, WP, course; a grade of C- or better cer ti fieswrit ing pro fi ciency for ma jors. For merly BIS 296.BSIS 524 Business Programming with ABAP 3.0 Fa/SprPrerequisites: CSCI 111, permission of instructor; either BSIS 420 or MINS 522.In tro duc tion to the ba sic ABAP/4 pro gram ming lan guage skills needed tocre ate and main tain ABAP soft ware pro grams. The stu dent will dem on -strate ac qui si tion of skills through class ex er cises, tests and quiz zes, andprac ti cal pro gram ming as sign ments us ing the ABAP/4 pro gram ming lan -guage. There will be op por tu nity to pro duce ABAP/4 code for real worldim ple men ta tion and use. Top ics in clude ABAP/4 syn tax, ta ble pro cess ing in ABAP/4, ABAP/4 data types, struc tures, and ABP/4 Open SQL. 2.0hours dis cus sion, 2.0 hours ac tiv ity. For merly BIS 224.BSIS 620 Strategic Information System Management 3.0 SpringPrerequisites: BADM 610.The anal y sis of the in for ma tion re quire ments of an or ga ni za tion, in clud ingthe stra te gic use of in for ma tion sys tems, cur rent in for ma tion tech nol ogy, fu -ture tech nol ogy di rec tions, the role of data base man age ment sys tems anddata com mu ni ca tion sys tems in mod ern or ga ni za tions, and the anal y sis andde sign of in for ma tion sys tems. Uses SAP R/3. For merly BIS 320.

Business Law Course OfferingsBLAW courses are ad min is tered by the De part ment of Man age ment.BLAW 190 Understanding the Law 3.0 SpringPro vides a ba sic knowl edge of le gal fun da men tals so as to in form stu -dents of their rights and du ties for prac ti cal ap pli ca tion in so cial andbusi ness life. Ar eas cov ered in clude em ployee rights, fam ily law, rent ersand land lords, con tracts, law and Small Busi ness, home own er ship, etc.Not open to Busi ness Ma jors. This is an ap proved Gen eral Ed u ca tioncourse. For merly BLAW 090.BLAW 302 Managing the Legal Environment 3.0 Fa/SprPrerequisites: At least junior standing.In creas ingly, man ag ers are faced with le gal and eth i cal chal lenges in theirde ci sion mak ing. This course adopts an in te gra tive strat egy which ex ploresthe le gal and eth i cal en vi ron ments of busi ness by fo cus ing on those is sueswhich most af fect the ma jor func tional ar eas of busi ness (ac count ing, mar -ket ing, in for ma tion sys tems, hu man re source man age ment, etc.). Stu dentslearn strat e gies which can later be em ployed not only to avoid lit i ga tion butalso to pur sue more ef fec tively stra te gic goals of busi ness. This course ap -plies to those work ing in or ga ni za tions which em ploy only a few em ploy eesas well as to those which em ploy thou sands. For merly BLAW 100.BLAW 389 Internship 1.0-3.0 Fa/SprPrerequisites: Faculty permission.This course is an in tern ship of fered for 1.0-3.0 units. You must reg is ter di -rectly with a su per vis ing fac ulty mem ber. For stu dents who wish to gainprac ti cal work ex pe ri ence with par tic i pat ing firms/or ga ni za tions. This courseen ables a stu dent to study pol icy, con trol, and de ci sion-mak ing in a spe cial -ized work en vi ron ment. See ad viser for stu dent’s per for mance re quire ments,as sign ments, and meth ods of eval u a tion prior to un der tak ing the in tern ship.You may take this course more than once for a max i mum of 15.0 units.Credit/no credit grad ing only. For merly BLAW 189.BLAW 399 Special Problems 1.0-3.0 Fa/SprThis course is an in de pend ent study of spe cial prob lems and is of feredfor 1.0-3.0 units. You must reg is ter di rectly with a su per vis ing fac ultymem ber. Stu dents reg is ter ing for this course should pre pare a pro ject pro posal to be dis cussed with their fac ulty ad viser be fore en roll ing in the course. You may take this course more than once for a max i mum of 6.0 units. Credit/no credit grad ing only. For merly BLAW 199.BLAW 411 Commercial Law 3.0 In quirePrerequisites: BLAW 302.A course con tin u a tion in the study of BLAW 302; sales, com mer cial pa per, real and per sonal prop erty law; bailments; wills, trusts, and es tates; se cured trans ac tions in real and per sonal prop erty; ac coun tant le gal li a bil ity; bank ruptcy; in sur ance law; and suretyship. For merly BLAW 211.BLAW 412 Business and Government Regulation 3.0 In quirePrerequisites: At least junior standing.A sur vey of the in ter re la tion ship of fed eral and state gov ern ments andpri vate busi ness. The his tor i cal and con sti tu tional de vel op ment of thegov ern ment reg u la tion of busi ness; cur rent trends. Em pha sis through out is upon spe cific agen cies, their man dates, and ad min is tra tive reg u la tions.For merly BLAW 212.BLAW 413 Employment Law 3.0 Fa/SprPrerequisites: At least junior standing.An in-depth study of fed eral and Cal i for nia em ploy ment laws as they af fectthe man age ment of hu man re sources, with ap pro pri ate con sid er ation of eth i -cal and global di men sions. Em pha sis is on the le gal rights and re spon si bil i -ties of em ploy ers and em ploy ees in the em ploy ment re la tion ship, pri mar ilyin a pri vate-sec tor, non-un ion en vi ron ment. For merly BLAW 213.BLAW 414 Labor Law and Collective Bargaining 3.0 Fa/SprPrerequisites: At least junior standing or faculty permission.In ten sive ex am i na tion of un ions in an or ga ni za tional set ting. In cludes or ga ni -za tional and con certed ac tiv i ties, col lec tive bar gain ing and em ployee/em ployer rights and re spon si bil i ties. In cludes ap plied col lec tive bar gain ingpro ject. For merly BLAW 214.BLAW 452 Legal Issues in Music 3.0 FallPrerequisites: MUSC 309.Stu dents will ex plore the in tri cate ques tions sur round ing in tel lec tualprop erty stat utes, the mu si cian, and busi nesses de signed to mar ket andsell mu sic as a prod uct. The course cov ers copy right law, roy al ties, con -tracts, pub lish ing and Web tech nol ogy — ter ri tory of vi tal im por tance tostu dents seek ing em ploy ment in the mu sic in dus try. For merly BLAW 259. This course is also of fered as MUSC 452.

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BLAW 498 Special Topics in Business Law 1.0-3.0 In quirePrerequisites: Senior standing.This course is for spe cial top ics of fered for 1.0-3.0 units. Typ i cally thetopic is of fered on a one-time-only ba sis and may vary from term to term and be dif fer ent for dif fer ent sec tions. See The Class Sched ule for thespe cific topic be ing of fered. For ad vanced stu dents who wish to in ves ti -gate busi ness prob lems in spe cial ized ar eas. Ap pli ca tion of re searchmeth ods. For merly BLAW 298.BLAW 697 Independent Study 1.0-3.0 Fa/SprThis course is a grad u ate-level in de pend ent study of fered for 1.0-3.0units. You must reg is ter di rectly with a su per vis ing fac ulty mem ber. You may take this course more than once for a max i mum of 6.0 units.For merly BLAW 398.

Finance Course OfferingsFINA 290 Personal Investment Management 3.0 Fa/SprPrin ci ples and prac ti cal ap pli ca tions of in vest ment man age ment for theyoung pro fes sional within the con text of a life-long fi nan cial plan. Thecourse em pha sizes the char ac ter is tics, anal y sis, and suit abil ity of stocks,bonds, and mu tual funds. Top ics in clude op er a tion of stock and bondmar kets, mea sure ment of in vest ment risk and re turn, pru dent use ofcredit, re tire ment plan ning, and the im pact of taxes. Open to busi nessand non-busi ness ma jors. Not a Fi nance elec tive. For merly FIN 090.FINA 307 Survey of Finance 3.0 Fa/SprPrerequisites: ACCT 201, ECON 103.An in tro duc tion to fi nan cial man age ment, pro vid ing a back ground in the ar eas of fi nan cial in sti tu tions, the time value of money, anal y sis of fi nan cialstate ments, work ing cap i tal man age ment, fi nan cial struc ture of the firm, cap i tal bud get ing, and re lated tools of fi nan cial anal y sis. For merly FIN 150.FINA 351 Investments 3.0 Fa/SprPrerequisites: FINA 307.In vest ments from the point of view of the in di vid ual in ves tor, se cu rityand non-se cu rity in vest ment, an a lyt i cal tech niques; in dus try stud ies, and man age ment of the per sonal port fo lio. For merly FIN 151.FINA 355 Financial Management: Intermediate

Theory3.0 Fa/Spr

Prerequisites: FINA 307.An in te grated ap proach to fi nan cial man age ment, in clud ing study of in ter me di ate-level fi nan cial the ory and its ap pli ca tion to fi nan cial de ci sion-mak ing. For merly FIN 155.FINA 389 Internship and Cooperative Education 1.0-3.0 Fa/SprPrerequisites: Senior standing, faculty permission.This course is an in tern ship of fered for 1.0-3.0 units. You must reg is ter di -rectly with a su per vis ing fac ulty mem ber. For stu dents who wish to gainprac ti cal work ex pe ri ence with par tic i pat ing firms/or ga ni za tions. Thiscourse en ables a stu dent to study pol icy, con trol, and de ci sion-mak ing in a spe cial ized work en vi ron ment. See ad viser for stu dent’s per for mance re -quire ments, as sign ments, and meth ods of eval u a tion prior to un der tak ingthe in tern ship. You may take this course more than once for a max i mumof 15.0 units. Credit/no credit grad ing only. For merly FIN 189.FINA 391 Simulation Laboratory Finance 1.0 Fa/SprPrerequisites: Faculty permission.Lab o ra tory ex pe ri ence with man age ment sim u la tion pro grams. The stu dent in ter acts with a sim u lated busi ness en vi ron ment via com puter fa cil i ties orother lab o ra tory sit u a tions. 3.0 hours lab o ra tory. You may take this coursemore than once for a max i mum of 6.0 units. For merly FIN 191.FINA 399 Special Problems 1.0-3.0 Fa/SprThis course is an in de pend ent study of spe cial prob lems and is of feredfor 1.0-3.0 units. You must reg is ter di rectly with a su per vis ing fac ultymem ber. Stu dents reg is ter ing for this course should pre pare a pro ject pro -posal to be dis cussed with their fac ulty ad viser be fore en roll ing in thecourse. You may take this course more than once for a max i mum of 6.0units. Credit/no credit grad ing only. For merly FIN 199.FINA 453 Estate Planning 3.0 Fa/SprPrerequisites: FINA 307.To give stu dents a ba sic un der stand ing of the ma jor meth ods and tech niques of pre serv ing and trans mit ting an in di vid ual’s wealth, in clud ing gift-giv ing,the use of var i ous trusts, the use of life in sur ance, and the proper prep a ra tion of a will. Stu dents will be ex pected to be aware of the causes and con se -quences of an in ef fi cient trans fer of wealth and there fore must ac quire awork ing knowl edge of the in sti tu tional con straints, in clud ing the law ofprop erty, wills, and in tes tate dis tri bu tion, the pro bate pro cess, and State and Fed eral es tate, gift, in her i tance, and gen er a tion-skip ping trans fer taxes.For merly FIN 153.

FINA 454 Financial Planning: Applications 3.0 Fa/SprPrerequisites: FINA 351. Concurrent enrollment in or prior completion of FINA 453,FINA 456, and ACCT 437.Two ma jor top ics cov ered: (a) Sur vey of the prin ci ples of re tire ment plan -ning and em ployee ben e fits. Sub jects in clude non-qual i fied and qual i fied pen sion and profit-shar ing plans, as well as other ar range ments. (b) Acap stone ex am i na tion of case stud ies in fi nan cial plan ning, de signed todraw out the prin ci ples cov ered in the pre req ui site courses in the prep a -ra tion of a fi nan cial plan. Cases em brace nu mer ous fact sit u a tions, withcir cum stances vary ing by cli ent age, oc cu pa tion, in come, mar i tal sta tus,fam ily com po si tion, and per sonal goals. For merly FIN 254.FINA 456 Risk and Insurance 3.0 FallPrerequisites: FINA 307.Na ture of risk and risk man age ment; fun da men tals of prop erty, li a bil ity,and life con tracts; types of com pa nies; gov ern ment reg u la tion. For merlyFIN 156.FINA 458 Management and Regulation

of Financial Institutions3.0 Spring

Prerequisites: FINA 307 and FINA 460, faculty permission.The ob jec tive of this course is to give stu dents an un der stand ing of the prin -ci ples of as set, li a bil ity, and cap i tal man age ment as they ap ply to the man -age ment of de pos i tory and con trac tual fi nan cial in ter me di ar ies. The ob jec tive na ture and im por tance of reg u la tions are also dis cussed. For merly FIN 258.FINA 459 International Finance 3.0 FallPrerequisites: FINA 307.An ex am i na tion of the ben e fits of in ter na tional trade; in ter na tional fi nan -cial in sti tu tions; the in ter na tional mon e tary sys tem, in clud ing ex changerate prob lems and pros pects. For merly FIN 259.FINA 460 Financial Institutions and Markets 3.0 Fa/SprPrerequisites: FINA 307.The fi nan cial pro cess, fi nan cial in sti tu tions, and the role of fi nan cial mar kets in al lo cat ing funds, ab sorb ing risk, and pro vid ing li quid ity; there la tion ship among mar kets, com pe ti tion, and ef fi ciency; and fi nan cialin ter me di a tion in a chang ing fi nan cial sys tem. For merly FIN 160.FINA 480 Financial Management: Applications 3.0 Fa/SprPrerequisites: FINA 355.Case stud ies and other ex pe ri en tial tech niques are used to de velop in -sight and pro vide ex pe ri ence in the ap pli ca tion of fi nan cial the ory tosuch ar eas as work ing cap i tal man age ment, cap i tal bud get ing, cap i talstruc ture de ter mi na tion, and di vided pol icy. For merly FIN 255.FINA 481 Investment Analysis and Policy 3.0 SpringPrerequisites: FINA 307, FINA 351.Prin ci ples of se cu rity val u a tion, the de vel op ment of port fo lio con struc tion,and the re la tion ship be tween in vest ment prin ci ples, in vest ment pol i cies,and in vest ment man age ment. For merly FIN 257.FINA 498 Special Topics in Finance 1.0-3.0 Fa/SprPrerequisites: Senior standing.This course is for spe cial top ics of fered for 1.0-3.0 units. Typ i cally thetopic is of fered on a one-time-only ba sis and may vary from term to termand be dif fer ent for dif fer ent sec tions. See The Class Sched ule for the spe -cific topic be ing of fered. For ad vanced stu dents who wish to in ves ti gatebusi ness prob lems in spe cial ized ar eas. Ap pli ca tion of re search meth ods.For merly FIN 298.FINA 499H Honors in Finance 3.0 Fa/SprPrerequisites: Faculty permission.This 3-unit course con sists of a com pre hen sive re search study and pa perdeal ing with busi ness pol icy and strat egy, and the in te gra tive and in ter na -tional as pects of busi ness op er a tions, es pe cially as they per tain to the field of fi nance. A fi nal writ ten re port and a pub lic pre sen ta tion of find ings are bothre quire ments of this course. Busi ness Hon ors Pro gram stu dents must re ceiveat least a B in this course for Hon ors credit. Stu dents seek ing “Hon ors in theMa jor” will en roll in this course for two se mes ters. You may take this course more than once for a max i mum of 6.0 units. For merly FIN 299H.FINA 652 Seminar in Managerial Economics 3.0 In quireMac ro eco nomic and mi cro ec o nomic vari ables af fect ing man a ge rial de ci sions. For merly FIN 352.FINA 655 Seminar in Financial Management 3.0 SpringPrerequisites: FINA 307.Sur vey of ac a demic lit er a ture in man a ge rial fi nance, with par tic u lar em pha sis on re cent de vel op ments in the ory and ap pli ca tion. For merly FIN 355.FINA 656 Estate Planning for

Business Managers and Owners3.0 In quire

Ap pli ca tion of risk managment tech niques to prob lems of pres er va tion and the ef fi cient trans fer of wealth from busi ness man ag ers to own ers. Top icsin clude the use of trusts, com pen sa tion and re tire ment plan ning, busi nessbuyout agree ments, gift-giv ing, busi ness life in sur ance, re demp tion, and re cap i tal iza tion. For merly FIN 356.

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FINA 657 Seminar in Investment Analysis and Portfolio Management

3.0 Fall

Prerequisites: FINA 307.Sur vey of re cent de vel op ments in fi nan cial the ory and em pir i cal re search rel -a tive to the de ter mi na tion of the in vest ment value of fi nan cial as sets, and the con struc tion and main te nance of in vest ment port fo lios. For merly FIN 357.FINA 689 Directed Internship 1.0-3.0 Fa/SprThis course is an in tern ship of fered for 1.0-3.0 units. You must reg is ter di -rectly with a su per vis ing fac ulty mem ber. Study of pol icy, con trol, and de ci -sion-mak ing in se lected or ga ni za tions, ar ranged and su per vised by a mem -ber of the grad u ate fac ulty in close work ing re la tion ship with the man age -ment of an or ga ni za tion. You may take this course more than once for amax i mum of 15.0 units. Credit/no credit grad ing only. For merly FIN 389.FINA 691 Simulation Laboratory in Finance 1.0 Fa/SprPrerequisites: Faculty permission.Lab o ra tory ex pe ri ence with com put er ized or other sim u la tion en vi ron ments.The stu dent in ter acts with a sim u lated busi ness en vi ron ment, of ten via thetime shar ing com puter sys tem. 3.0 hours lab o ra tory. For merly FIN 391.FINA 694 Seminar in


This course is a sem i nar of fered for 1.0-3.0 units. You must reg is ter di -rectly with a su per vis ing fac ulty mem ber. Con tem po rary busi ness top icswill al low the stu dent to con duct in-depth re search into busi ness prob -lems and op por tu ni ties. The course will al low top i cal mat ter to be takenup as it de vel ops within the econ omy. You may take this course morethan once for a max i mum of 3.0 units. For merly FIN 394.FINA 695 Seminar in Business Conditions Analysis 3.0 FallBusi ness con di tions anal y sis will cover the gen eral an a lyt i cal ar eas of na -tional in come and flow of funds ac count ing, ag gre gate eco nomic the ory,and short- and in ter me di ate-run eco nomic anal y sis. Pol icy ar eas will as sess the re la tion ship be tween the ory and pol icy to in clude the re la tion shipsamong eco nomic pol icy and the socio-eco nomic and po lit i cal en vi ron -ments. Ad di tion ally, such top ics as na tional and in ter na tional pop u la tionseg ments and the eth i cal at ti tudes of so ci ety, cor po ra tions, and in di vid u alswill be ex am ined. For merly FIN 395.FINA 697 Independent Study 1.0-4.0 Fa/SprThis course is a grad u ate-level in de pend ent study of fered for 1.0-4.0units. You must reg is ter di rectly with a su per vis ing fac ulty mem ber. You may take this course more than once for a max i mum of 6.0 units.For merly FIN 398.FINA 699T Master’s Thesis 1.0-3.0 Fa/SprThis course is of fered for 1.0-3.0 units. You must reg is ter di rectly with asu per vis ing fac ulty mem ber. You may take this course more than oncefor a max i mum of 6.0 units. For merly FIN 398.

International Business Course OfferingsSee ad di tional courses listed un der sub ject ar eas: ACCT, FINA, MGMT, and MKTG.INTB 389 Internship and Cooperative Education 1.0-3.0 Fa/SprPrerequisites: Senior standing, faculty permission.This course is an in tern ship of fered for 1.0-3.0 units. You must reg is ter di -rectly with a su per vis ing fac ulty mem ber. For stu dents who wish to gainprac ti cal work ex pe ri ence with par tic i pat ing firms/or ga ni za tions. Thiscourse en ables a stu dent to study pol icy, con trol, and de ci sion-mak ing in a spe cial ized work en vi ron ment. See ad viser for stu dent’s per for mance re -quire ments, as sign ments, and meth ods of eval u a tion prior to un der tak ingthe in tern ship. You may take this course more than once for a max i mumof 15.0 units. Credit/no credit grad ing only. For merly INTB 189.INTB 391 Laboratory Simulation in

International Business1.0 Fa/Spr

Lab o ra tory ex pe ri ence with man age ment sim u la tion pro grams. The stu dent in ter acts with a sim u lated busi ness en vi ron ment via com puter fa cil i ties orother lab o ra tory sit u a tions. 3.0 hours lab o ra tory. You may take this coursemore than once for a max i mum of 6.0 units. For merly INTB 191.INTB 396 International Business 3.0 Fa/SprPrerequisites: ECON 102, ECON 103.Study of do mes tic and multi-na tional firms ac tive in the world econ omyand an a lyzed in the con text of in ter na tional eco nom ics and the func -tional ar eas of man age ment, i.e., pro duc tion, mar ket ing, fi nance, andper son nel ad min is tra tion. For merly INTB 196.

INTB 399 Special Problems 1.0-3.0 Fa/SprThis course is an in de pend ent study of spe cial prob lems of fered for1.0-3.0 units. You must reg is ter di rectly with a su per vis ing fac ulty mem -ber. Stu dents reg is ter ing for this course should pre pare a pro ject pro posal to be dis cussed with their fac ulty ad viser be fore en roll ing in the course.You may take this course more than once for a max i mum of 6.0 units.Credit/no credit grad ing only. For merly BADM 199.INTB 498 Special Topics in International Business 1.0-3.0 Fa/SprPrerequisites: Senior standing.This course is for spe cial top ics of fered for 1.0-3.0 units. Typ i cally thetopic is of fered on a one-time-only ba sis and may vary from term to term and be dif fer ent for dif fer ent sec tions. See The Class Sched ule for thespe cific topic be ing of fered. For ad vanced stu dents who wish to in ves ti -gate busi ness prob lems in spe cial ized ar eas. Ap pli ca tion of re searchmeth ods. For merly INTB 298.INTB 499H Honors in International Business 3.0 Fa/SprPrerequisites: Faculty permission.This 3-unit course con sists of a com pre hen sive re search study and pa perdeal ing with busi ness pol icy and strat egy, and the in te gra tive and in ter na -tional as pects of busi ness op er a tions, es pe cially as they per tain to the fieldof in ter na tional busi ness. A fi nal writ ten re port and a pub lic pre sen ta tion of find ings are both re quire ments of this course. Busi ness Hon ors Pro gramstu dents must re ceive at least a B in this course for Hon ors credit. Stu dents seek ing “Hon ors in the Ma jor” will en roll in this course for two se mes ters.You may take this course more than once for a max i mum of 6.0 units. For merly INTB 299H.INTB 692 International Business 3.0 FallA study of the man age ment pol i cies and op er a tions of United States’ and rep re sen ta tive other na tions’ in ter na tional firms and those of the mul ti na -tional firms to in clude pre sen ta tion of the in ter na tional eco nom ics and fi nance back ground nec es sary for such study. For merly INTB 392.

Management Course OfferingsMGMT 109 Business in Society 3.0 In quireThe na ture and func tion of busi ness op er a tions in the so cial, po lit i cal,and eco nomic set ting; re spon si bil i ties of busi ness lead er ship. Not open to Busi ness ma jors. For merly MGMT 009.MGMT 300 Communication in Business 3.0 Fa/SprPrerequisites: ENGL 130 (or its equivalent) with a grade of C- or higher.Em pha sis is on solv ing busi ness prob lems through the stra te gic de sign ofver bal, print, and elec tronic mes sages. Mod els for ef fec tive busi ness doc u -ments, pre sen ta tions, meet ings, and in ter per sonal as well as elec tronic pro -ject in ter ac tion are ap plied to busi ness com mu ni ca tion prob lems. Re latedtech nol ogy use, et i quette, cul tural dif fer ences, and eth i cal con sid er ationsare high lighted. This is a writ ing pro fi ciency, WP, course; a grade of C- orbetter cer ti fies writ ing pro fi ciency for ma jors. For merly MGMT 129.MGMT 303 Managing People,

Business Processes, and Change3.0 Fa/Spr

Us ing a com bi na tion of the ory and ap pli ca tion, this course fo cuses on thehu man side of or ga ni za tions, in clud ing is sues of 1) mak ing good de ci sions, 2) en hanc ing per for mance, 3) steer ing through a tur bu lent global en vi ron -ment, 4) com bin ing and uni fy ing mul ti ple busi ness func tions and 5) en -abling change. Stu dents gain an un der stand ing of man age ment and howand why or ga ni za tions are struc tured. The themes of qual ity, tech nol ogy,eth ics, and ad ap ta tion are em pha sized. For merly MGMT 180.MGMT 304 Human Resource Management 3.0 Fa/SprThis course sur veys hu man re source man age ment prac tices needed foref fec tive per for mance by ev ery man ager and em ployee. The fo cus of thecourse is on pro cesses used to ef fec tively re cruit, se lect, de velop, eval u -ate, and re ward em ploy ees in or der to at tract and re tain the best pos si ble workforce in any or ga ni za tion. This course pro vides stu dents with an un der stand ing of workforce di ver sity, in ves ti gates eth i cal is sues, and ex plores the in ter na tional con text of HRM. For merly MGMT 131.MGMT 345 Negotiation Techniques

for Conflict Resolution3.0 Spring

This course ex plores cre ative, in te gra tive ap proaches to con flict res o lu tion.In cludes bar gain ing games, role-plays, cases, is sues in con flict man age ment,in ter per sonal in flu ence pro cesses, cul tural, and eth i cal im pli ca tions of bar gain ing prob lems and per sonal ne go ti at ing styles. For merly MGMT 145.MGMT 349 The Management of Organizations 3.0 In quireA sur vey of man a ge rial and or ga ni za tion pro cesses, in clud ing de ci sionmak ing, mo ti va tion, lead er ship, qual ity, work teams, and or ga ni za tion de -sign. Em pha sizes both the ory and prac tice. In cludes eth i cal, en vi ron men tal, and in ter na tional con sid er ations. For merly MGMT 149.

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MGMT 350 Organizational Behavior 3.0 In quirePrerequisites: MGMT 303.An in ten sive ex am i na tion of the the ory and re search on hu man be hav iorin or ga ni za tions, with an em pha sis on ap pli ca tions of those the o ries.Top ics in clude per cep tions, at ti tudes, mo ti va tion, lead er ship, in flu enceand power, group be hav ior, and stress. For merly MGMT 150.MGMT 351 Organizational Design 3.0 In quirePrerequisites: MGMT 303.An in ten sive ex am i na tion of the the ory and re search on or ga ni za tionalde sign, with an em pha sis on ap pli ca tions of those the o ries. Fo cus is on how or ga ni za tions de velop struc tures to meet var i ous in ter nal (e.g., size, tech nol ogy) and ex ter nal (e.g., stake holders, un cer tainty) de mands.For merly MGMT 151.MGMT 361 Environments of Business 3.0 In quirePrerequisites: MGMT 303.An in ves ti ga tion of the prin ci pal do mes tic and in ter na tional fac tors thatin flu ence, and are in flu enced by, busi ness or ga ni za tions. Top ics in cludeeth i cal is sues and the so cial, cul tural, po lit i cal, eco nomic, and eco log i cal en vi ron ments of or ga ni za tions. For merly MGMT 161.MGMT 389 Internship 1.0-3.0 Fa/SprPrerequisites: MGMT 303, faculty permission.This course is an in tern ship of fered for 1.0-3.0 units. You must reg is ter di -rectly with a su per vis ing fac ulty mem ber. For stu dents who wish to gainprac ti cal work ex pe ri ence with par tic i pat ing firms/or ga ni za tions. Thiscourse en ables a stu dent to study pol icy, con trol, and de ci sion-mak ing in a spe cial ized work en vi ron ment. See ad viser for stu dent’s per for mance re -quire ments, as sign ments, and meth ods of eval u a tion prior to un der tak ingthe in tern ship. You may take this course more than once for a max i mumof 15.0 units. Credit/no credit grad ing only. For merly MGMT 189.MGMT 391 Simulation Laboratory Management 1.0 In quirePrerequisites: Faculty permission.Lab o ra tory ex pe ri ence with man age ment sim u la tion pro grams. The stu dent in ter acts with a sim u lated busi ness en vi ron ment via com puter fa cil i ties orother lab o ra tory sit u a tions. 3.0 hours lab o ra tory. You may take this coursemore than once for a max i mum of 6.0 units. For merly MGMT 191.MGMT 392 Business Research Skills 1.0 In quireIn tro duc tion to re search strat e gies and on line and li brary re sources forbusi ness stu dents. Cov ers the or ga ni za tion, se lec tion, and eval u a tion ofin for ma tion, in clud ing the use of Internet search en gines, in dexes, fi nan -cial ser vices, gov ern ment pub li ca tions, and in dus try re ports. Credit/nocredit grad ing only. For merly MGMT 192.MGMT 399 Special Problems 1.0-3.0 Fa/SprThis course is an in de pend ent study of spe cial prob lems of fered for1.0-3.0 units. You must reg is ter di rectly with a su per vis ing fac ulty mem -ber. Stu dents reg is ter ing for this course should pre pare a pro ject pro posal to be dis cussed with their fac ulty ad viser be fore en roll ing in the course.You may take this course more than once for a max i mum of 6.0 units.Credit/no credit grad ing only. For merly MGMT 199.MGMT 422 Customs and Conduct in

International Business3.0 In quire

This course will com pare high- and low-con text cul tures, with em pha sison the im pli ca tions for com mu ni cat ing and con duct ing busi ness ef fec -tively. Guide lines for build ing un der stand ing, mak ing a good ini tial im -pres sion, ne go ti at ing, and de ci sion-mak ing will be pre sented for sev eralar eas in the world. For merly MGMT 222.MGMT 430 Human Resource Strategy

and Information Systems3.0 Fall

Prerequisites: MGMT 304, MINS 301.From the per spec tive of Hu man Re source Man age ment (HRM) as an or ga ni -za tional stra te gic part ner, this course cov ers all of the main func tional ar easof HRM within the broader con text of busi ness strat egy, glob al iza tion, eth ics, and so cial re spon si bil ity. The role of stra te gic part ner in cludes con trib ut ing to the de vel op ment of or ga ni za tional strat egy and then en sur ing align ment of the or ga ni za tion’s hu man re source pol i cies, prac tices, and pro grams withcor po rate and busi ness unit plans. Ad di tion ally, this course places em pha sison how Hu man Re source In for ma tion Sys tems (HRIS) sup port strat egy im ple men ta tion and ser vice de liv ery across the or ga ni za tion. Ap plied HRISpro jects are a sig nif i cant com po nent of this course. For merly MGMT 230.MGMT 432 Recruitment and Selection 3.0 FallPrerequisites: MGMT 304.In ten sive ex am i na tion and ap pli ca tion of the pro cesses re quired to at tract and se lect em ploy ees. Stu dents con duct job anal y ses, de velop HR plans,and de velop re cruit ment and se lec tion pro grams us ing hu man re sourcein for ma tion sys tems to sup port these ac tiv i ties. Course ad dresses the eth i -cal is sues that arise dur ing re cruit ment and se lec tion as well as the is sues ger mane to at tract ing and se lect ing a di verse and/or global workforce.For merly MGMT 232.

MGMT 433 Training and Development 3.0 SpringPrerequisites: MGMT 304.In ten sive ex am i na tion of train ing, de vel op ing, and as sist ing di verse em -ploy ees in both do mes tic and in ter na tional con texts. In cludes de sign ing,im ple ment ing, and eval u at ing train ing pro grams; cre at ing and ad min is ter -ing Em ployee As sis tance Pro grams; us ing hu man re source in for ma tionsys tems in car ry ing out these ac tiv i ties. For merly MGMT 233.MGMT 434 Performance Management 3.0 SpringPrerequisites: MGMT 304.In ten sive ex am i na tion of the pro cesses used to ap praise and re ward hu man re sources. In cludes de sign ing, im ple ment ing, and eval u at ing pro grams toas sess em ployee job per for mance, de vel op ing com pen sa tion and ben e fitpack ages to re ward per for mance, and us ing hu man re source in for ma tionsys tems to carry out these ac tiv i ties. The course ad dresses the eth i cal is sues in her ent in ap prais ing and re ward ing em ploy ees as well as the chal lengesof de vel op ing ap pro pri ate in ter na tional pro cesses. For merly MGMT 234.MGMT 435 Industrial Relations 3.0 In quirePrerequisites: MGMT 303.The anal y sis of the de vel op ment and func tion ing of em ployer/em ployeere la tions in the con text of the in dus trial re la tions sys tem of the USA.Con sid ers fac tors lead ing to union iza tion by work ers. The anal y sis of theac tors in the in dus trial re la tions sys tem in the con text of rule-mak ing,griev ance pro ce dures and or ga ni za tional jus tice, ar bi tra tion, con flictman age ment, and col lec tive bar gain ing. Con tract ne go ti a tion, con tractwrit ing, and ad min is tra tion. For merly MGMT 235.MGMT 436 International HRM 3.0 In quirePrerequisites: MGMT 304.An in-depth ex am i na tion of hu man re source man age ment func tions inglobal or ga ni za tions, in clud ing mul ti na tional en ter prises, outsourcing fa cil i -ties, and e-busi nesses. Re cruit ment, se lec tion, train ing, and per for manceman age ment for ex pa tri ates and host-coun try em ploy ees. The ap pli ca tion of cross-cul tural mod els to HRM prob lem solv ing. For merly MGMT 236.MGMT 437 Organizational Consulting 3.0 SpringPrerequisites: MGMT 303, MGMT 304.In te gra tion and ap pli ca tion of man age ment and HRM the ory and prac tice for the res o lu tion of or ga ni za tional prob lems. Course fo cuses on in ter naland ex ter nal con sult ing mod els. Through the use of ap plied pro jects, stu -dents de velop an a lyt i cal, prob lem solv ing, and fa cil i ta tion skills. Coursein cludes eth i cal and in ter na tional con sid er ations. For merly MGMT 237.MGMT 440 Managerial Strategy 3.0 FallPrerequisites: FINA 307, MKTG 305.An anal y sis of the con cept of strat egy, and of stra te gic man age ment prin ci -ples and pro cesses, in clud ing plan ning. Em pha sis is on the for mu la tion and im ple men ta tion of com pet i tive strat egy. Con sid ers the en vi ron men tal,struc tural, com pet i tive, and evo lu tion ary fac tors that af fect and are af fected by the con duct and per for mance of the firm. For merly MGMT 261.MGMT 441 Managing Personal Success 3.0 Fa/SprPrerequisites: MGMT 303.An ex am i na tion of the knowl edge, skills, and val ues that fos ter per sonaland man a ge rial suc cess. This course pres ents a mul ti di men sional ap -proach to suc cess that em pha sizes re flec tive think ing, in clud ing eth i calcon sid er ations. For merly MGMT 241.MGMT 442 Managing Differences 3.0 Fa/SprAs the work force changes do mes ti cally and glob ally, in di vid ual and or -ga ni za tional strat e gies for work ing cross-cul tur ally and eth i cally must beadopted. The pur pose of this course is to in crease un der stand ing of rel e -vant hu man dif fer ences in or ga ni za tions and to de velop be hav ioral skillsfor work ing with these dif fer ences. For merly MGMT 242.MGMT 443 Managing Innovation and Change 3.0 FallPrerequisites: MGMT 303.Com pre hen sive in ves ti ga tion of the in no va tion pro cess and change man age -ment and their im por tance in or ga ni za tions. Fo cus is on build ing a learn ingor ga ni za tion, de vel op ing or ga ni za tional struc tures that fa cil i tate in no va tionand change, fa cil i tat ing the in no va tion pro cess, and man ag ing change innew and es tab lished or ga ni za tions both do mes ti cally and in ter na tion ally.Socio-tech ni cal sys tems are ex am ined with at ten tion to global cul tural dif fer -ences. Var i ous change meth od ol o gies and their eth i cal im pli ca tions are ex am ined. For merly MGMT 243.MGMT 444 Managing Project Teams 3.0 Fa/SprPrerequisites: MGMT 303.Cre at ing team ef fec tive ness and de vel op ing pro ject man age ment skills. In -cludes cov er age of the nine pro ject man age ment body of knowl edge ar easre quired for pro fes sional cer tif i ca tion by PMI, the pro fes sional code of eth -ics, and the ben e fits of di ver sity on team per for mance. The course re quires use of in for ma tion tech nol ogy in clud ing spread sheets, Web-based file stor -age and shar ing, elec tronic pre sen ta tions and use of pro ject man age mentsoft ware. For merly MGMT 284.

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MGMT 445 International Management 3.0 FallPrerequisites: MGMT 303.An ex am i na tion of the strat egy, in fra struc ture, and busi ness pro cesses that fos ter ef fec tive ness in global or ga ni za tions. An anal y sis of the im pact ofcross-cul tural dif fer ences on man a ge rial is sues such as mo ti va tion, dis ci -pline, work and lei sure val ues, and col lab o ra tion. An anal y sis of is sues in the global busi ness en vi ron ment, in clud ing the im pact of la bor con ven -tions, le gal sys tems, tech nol ogy trans fer, eth ics, and e-com merce. For merly MGMT 245.MGMT 446 International Business Transactions 3.0 In quireA com pre hen sive le gal and po lit i cal anal y sis of in ter na tional trade. Fo cus will be upon con flict of law doc trines, in ter na tional reg u la tory sys tems,in ter na tional busi ness or ga ni za tions, and meth ods of re solv ing in ter na -tional dis putes. Also em pha sized will be the reg u la tion of the move mentof goods, peo ple, money, and in for ma tion. For merly MGMT 246.MGMT 447 Leadership 3.0 Fa/SprPrerequisites: MGMT 303.Ad vanced course for stu dents with some back ground of ba sic lead er shipthe o ries and mod els. The interactional phe nom e non of lead er ship will be ex am ined from ac a demic, prac ti cal, and philo soph i cal per spec tives,mostly with a fo cus on lead er ship within or ga ni za tions. Is sues of eth ics,gen der, and cul ture are in cluded. For merly MGMT 282.MGMT 448 Managing the Knowledge-Based

Organization3.0 Fall

Prerequisites: MGMT 303.Within a frame work of the knowl edge-based or ga ni za tion, skills in in di -vid ual de ci sion mak ing, stim u lat ing cre ativ ity in one self and oth ers, or ga -ni za tional in no va tion, in flu ence and ne go ti a tion are de vel oped. The in -flu ence of cul tural dif fer ences glob ally as well as the role of tech nol ogyand eth ics are ex am ined through out the course. For merly MGMT 283.MGMT 449 Transpersonal Leadership 3.0 In quirePrerequisites: MGMT 303.This course em pha sizes the use ful ness of com bin ing be hav ioral skills withre flec tive think ing and com pas sion so that in di vid u als may con trib ute aneth i cal lead er ship per spec tive to any sit u a tion, re gard less of their for malrole. Course ac tiv i ties in clude a ser vice learn ing pro ject, fa cil i ta tion skills,prac tices for de vel op ing in ner re sources, and the ap pli ca tion of quan tumlead er ship and ser vant lead er ship prin ci ples. The course will as sist stu dents in iden ti fy ing and ex pand ing their own lead er ship po ten tial. For merly MGMT 285.MGMT 450 Assessing New Business Opportunities 3.0 FallPrerequisites: MGMT 303, MKTG 305.Fo cuses on all as pects of an a lyz ing a new busi ness idea, with em pha sis onthe crit i cal role of rec og niz ing and cre at ing op por tu ni ties. Also rel e vant forthose who want to man age larger com pa nies that em pha size in no va tion and the man age ment of op por tu ni ties. Sub ject mat ter is or ga nized aroundthe cre ation of a busi ness fea si bil ity anal y sis. For merly MGMT 250.MGMT 451 Creating New Businesses 3.0 SpringPrerequisites: MGMT 303, MKTG 305; FINA 307 or faculty permission.Fo cuses on all as pects of the busi ness start-up pro cess. This pro cess is alsorel e vant for those man ag ing larger com pa nies that seek to em pha size newprod uct de vel op ment. Sub ject mat ter is or ga nized around the cre ation of abusi ness plan. In cluded are seg ments on man age ment func tions tai lored for the en tre pre neur. For merly MGMT 251.MGMT 452 Growing New Businesses 3.0 SpringPrerequisites: MGMT 303, MKTG 305.De signed for stu dents who want to man age small op er a tions or grow ingcom pa nies while main tain ing the en tre pre neur ial spirit that brought the com -pany to its cur rent po si tion. This course pro vides stu dents with a se ries offrame works and an a lyt i cal tools that can be used in grow ing en tre pre neur ialbusi nesses, such as mea sur ing eco nomic per for mance and ob tain ing in for -ma tion for man age ment de ci sion mak ing, man age ment con trol sys tems, and plan ning in owner-man aged busi nesses. For merly MGMT 252.MGMT 489 Directed Internship 3.0 Fa/SprPrerequisites: MGMT 304 and faculty permission.Stu dents must reg is ter di rectly with a su per vis ing fac ulty mem ber. Studywill in clude pol icy, con trol and de ci sion-mak ing in se lected or ga ni za -tions, in a close work ing re la tion ship with the man age ment of an or ga ni -za tion. You may take this course more than once for a max i mum of 15.0 units. Credit/no credit grad ing only. For merly MGMT 289.MGMT 498 Special Topics in Management 1.0-3.0 Fa/SprPrerequisites: Senior standing.This course is for spe cial top ics of fered for 1.0-3.0 units. Typ i cally thetopic is of fered on a one-time-only ba sis and may vary from term to term and be dif fer ent for dif fer ent sec tions. See The Class Sched ule for thespe cific topic be ing of fered. For ad vanced stu dents who wish to in ves ti -gate busi ness prob lems in spe cial ized ar eas. Ap pli ca tion of re searchmeth ods. For merly MGMT 298.

MGMT 499H Honors in Management 3.0 In quirePrerequisites: Faculty permission.This 3-unit course con sists of a com pre hen sive re search study and pa perdeal ing with busi ness pol icy and strat egy, and the in te gra tive and in ter na -tional as pects of busi ness op er a tions, es pe cially as they per tain to the fieldsof man age ment, hu man re source man age ment, or stra te gic man age ment. Afi nal writ ten re port and a pub lic pre sen ta tion of find ings are both re quire -ments of this course. Busi ness Hon ors Pro gram stu dents must re ceive at least a B in this course for Hon ors credit. Stu dents seek ing “Hon ors in the Ma jor”will en roll in this course for two se mes ters. MGMT 499H is for Busi ness Ad -min is tra tion ma jors with an Op tion in Man age ment or Hu man Re sourceMan age ment who are seek ing Hon ors in the Ma jor. You may take thiscourse more than once for a max i mum of 6.0 units. For merly MGMT 299H.MGMT 620 Advanced Contemporary Problems

in Organizational Psychology1.0-3.0 In quire

This is a spe cial top ics course of fered for 1.0-3.0 units. Stu dents mustreg is ter di rectly with a su per vis ing fac ulty mem ber. The sem i nar fo cuseson is sues and prob lems of con tem po rary or ga ni za tional psy chol ogy. Spe -cific con tent var ies from se mes ter to se mes ter. You may take this coursemore than once for a max i mum of 3.0 units. For merly MGMT 320. Thiscourse is also of fered as PSYC 620.MGMT 635 Management of People and Organizations 3.0 SpringStudy of cur rent the ory and re search in or ga ni za tional be hav ior and or ga -ni za tional de sign, em pha siz ing man a ge rial ap pli ca tions. In cludes eth i cal,en vi ron men tal, tech no log i cal, and in ter na tional con sid er ations. For merlyMGMT 335.MGMT 636 Seminar in Human Resource Management 3.0 In quireThe de ter mi na tion, ac qui si tion, de vel op ment, use, and main te nance ofhu man re sources by or ga ni za tions. Em pha sizes hu man re source man age -ment pro cesses, in clud ing em ploy ment plan ning, re cruit ment and se lec -tion, train ing and de vel op ment, per for mance ap praisal, com pen sa tion,and un ion-man age ment re la tions. For merly MGMT 336.MGMT 637 Seminar in Organizational Development 3.0 In quireOr ga ni za tion de vel op ment, plan ning and im ple men ta tion of change, the -ory and prac tice of pro cess con sult ing, struc tural and be hav ioral anal y sis, and ex ter nal and in ter nal con straints af fect ing per for mance. For merlyMGMT 337.MGMT 639 Seminar in Organizational Behavior 3.0 In quirePrerequisites: MGMT 635.Lab o ra tory train ing in intrapersonal, in ter per sonal, and group be hav ior;the ory and prac tice of mo ti va tion and lead er ship; man age ment de vel op -ment and train ing. For merly MGMT 339.MGMT 689 Directed Internship 1.0-3.0 Fa/SprThis course is an in tern ship of fered for 1.0-3.0 units. You must reg is ter di -rectly with a su per vis ing fac ulty mem ber. Study of pol icy, con trol, and de ci -sion-mak ing in se lected or ga ni za tions, ar ranged and su per vised by a mem -ber of the grad u ate fac ulty in close work ing re la tion ship with the man age -ment of an or ga ni za tion. You may take this course more than once for amax i mum of 15.0 units. Credit/no credit grad ing only. For merly MGMT 389.MGMT 690 Seminar in Environment of Business 3.0 In quireIn te gra tive anal y sis of eth i cal, so cial, po lit i cal, and eco nomic forces in theen vi ron ment of busi ness as they af fect busi ness be hav ior and man age mentde ci sion-mak ing. For merly MGMT 390.MGMT 694 Seminar in


This course is a sem i nar of fered for 1.0-3.0 units. You must reg is ter di -rectly with a su per vis ing fac ulty mem ber. Con tem po rary busi ness top icswill al low the stu dent to con duct in-depth re search into busi ness prob -lems and op por tu ni ties. The course will al low top i cal mat ter to be takenup as it de vel ops within the econ omy. You may take this course morethan once for a max i mum of 3.0 units. For merly MGMT 394.MGMT 697 Independent Study 1.0-4.0 Fa/SprThis course is a grad u ate-level in de pend ent study of fered for 1.0-4.0units. You must reg is ter di rectly with a su per vis ing fac ulty mem ber. You may take this course more than once for a max i mum of 6.0 units.For merly MGMT 398.MGMT 699T Master’s Thesis 1.0-3.0 Fa/SprThis course is of fered for 1.0-3.0 units. You must reg is ter di rectly with asu per vis ing fac ulty mem ber. You may take this course more than oncefor a max i mum of 6.0 units. For merly MGMT 398.

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Management Information SystemsCourse OfferingsMINS 235 Database Design 3.0 Fa/SprStudy of fun da men tal da ta base de sign prin ci ples and tech niques, in clud -ing data mod el ing with En tity-Re la tion ship di a grams and nor mal iza tion.Study of SQL (Struc tured Query Lan guage) da ta base man age ment sys tems ca pa bil i ties. Study of the re la tional data model and re la tional op er a tions.Study of da ta base se cu rity mech a nisms. In tro duc tion to PL/SQL. Ap pli ca -tion of con cepts and tech niques to prac ti cal busi ness sce nar ios. 2.5 hours dis cus sion, 1.0 hour ac tiv ity. For merly MINS 018.MINS 245 Data Communications and Networking 3.0 Fa/SprAn in tro duc tion to data com mu ni ca tions and lo cal area net works. Thiscourse pro vides a back ground in stan dards and pro to cols used in com mu -ni ca tions and their func tions within a busi ness in for ma tion sys tem en vi ron -ment. The class com bines lec tures, writ ing as sign ments, group work, andclass dis cus sion to de velop a fun da men tal knowl edge of data com mu ni ca -tions and its im por tance to the busi ness in for ma tion sys tems en vi ron ment.2.5 hours dis cus sion, 1.0 hour ac tiv ity. For merly MINS 019.MINS 301 Corporate Technology Integration 3.0 Fa/SprThis course in tro duces stu dents to the con cept of in for ma tion sys tems as theap pli ca tion of tech ni cal re sources to sup port or ga ni za tional pro cesses. Given this foun da tion, stu dents build an in te gra tive, pro cess-ori ented un der stand ing of in for ma tion sys tems and their de ploy ment, man age ment, and use withindis trib uted and global or ga ni za tions. Pro jects fo cus on in tro duc tory en ter -prise sys tems, fun da men tals of da ta base sys tems, and ba sic Web pro gram -ming. For this course, stu dents are ex pected to have dem on strated pro fi -ciency in the use of mi cro com put ers and of fice au to ma tion soft ware in clud -ing word pro cess ing, spread sheets, and desk top da ta bases. A pro fi ciencyexam is given dur ing the first week of each se mes ter and stu dents are en -cour aged to take this exam in ad vance of the se mes ter they in tend to en rollin the class. Stu dents who lack such knowl edge may wish to en roll in ap pro -pri ate un der grad u ate courses prior to at tempt ing this course. This course is de signed for BADM ma jors. Stu dents who have suc cess fully com pletedtwo or more of the fol low ing courses are not el i gi ble to take this course:CSCI 101, CSCI 111, MINS 235, MINS 245. 2.5 hours dis cus sion, 1.0 hourac tiv ity. For merly MINS 110.MINS 325 Business Programming 3.0 Fa/SprPrerequisites: CSCI 111.In tro duc tion to the ba sic prob lem- solv ing skills needed to cre ate andmain tain busi ness-ori ented soft ware. This course pro vides an over view of busi ness in for ma tion sys tems, their use in busi ness con texts, and ob ject-ori ented de sign of ap pli ca tions. Cov er age in cludes a sur vey of ba sic datastruc tures and the stan dard al go rithms used to ma nip u late and work with them. Stu dents are ex pected to build and test a num ber of pro grams. 2.5hours dis cus sion, 1.0 hour ac tiv ity. For merly MINS 114.MINS 335 Database Application Development 3.0 Fa/SprPrerequisites: BSIS 301, MINS 235.Study of da ta base ap pli ca tion de vel op ment con cepts and tech niques. Ad -vanced data mod el ing and SQL for com plex busi ness ap pli ca tions. Storedpro ce dures and da ta base trig gers. Ap pli ca tion of con cepts and tech niquesto prac ti cal busi ness in for ma tion pro cess ing en vi ron ments. De vel op ment of a fully in te grated da ta base ap pli ca tion. Study of Web da ta base in ter faceca pa bil i ties. 1.0 hour lec ture, 2.0 hours dis cus sion. For merly MINS 118.MINS 336 Introduction to E-Business 3.0 Fa/SprPrerequisites: MINS 350.An in tro duc tion to E-Busi ness sys tems in clud ing Intranets, Extranets, andWeb-based E-Com merce ap pli ca tions. Top ics in clude a re view of Internettech nol o gies and their his tory; how E-Busi ness sys tems dif fer from tra di -tional sys tems; ben e fits and threats caused by these sys tems; and anal y sisand de sign is sues unique to E-Busi ness sys tems. Stu dents are re quired toper form en vi ron men tal scan ning of cur rent trends, threats, and op por tu ni -ties in volv ing E-Busi ness tech no log i cal cat e go ries, ap pli ca tions, and toolsbe yond what has been learned in other courses. Pro fes sional ac tiv ity isalso re quired. For merly MINS 209.MINS 345 Distributed Systems Management 3.0 Fa/SprPrerequisites: BSIS 301, MINS 245.An in-depth anal y sis of cur rent man a ge rial is sues re lated to busi ness data com mu ni ca tions, net works, and dis trib uted pro cess ing. The top ics cov -ered in this course di rectly im pact the anal y sis, de sign, and im ple men ta -tion of man age ment in for ma tion sys tems for both pri vate or ga ni za tionsand gov ern ment. Main stream and emerg ing stan dards, prod ucts, and pro -to cols are ex am ined as well as an in-depth study of the Internet Pro to col. 2.5 hours dis cus sion, 1.0 hour ac tiv ity. For merly MINS 214.

MINS 350 Business Systems Analysis 3.0 Fa/SprPrerequisites: MINS 235. Concurrent enrollment in or prior completion of ENGL230 (for BSIS majors).An in-depth ex am i na tion of tools, tech niques, and pro cesses used to sup port the sys tems anal y sis por tion of the sys tems de vel op ment life cy cle. Em pha sisis given to re quire ments gath er ing, gap-fit anal y sis, de vel op ment of the busi -ness case for sys tems de vel op ment pro jects, as well as tools and tech niquesthat plan, iden tify, model and com mu ni cate con cep tual sys tems to both endus ers and pro gram mers. Both case stud ies and real pro jects are used to de -velop hands-on ex pe ri ence with con duct ing busi ness anal y sis stud ies fromob ject, data, and pro cess per spec tives. For merly MINS 208.MINS 351 Simulation Laboratory in

Management Information Systems1.0 Fa/Spr

Lab o ra tory ex pe ri ence with man age ment sim u la tion pro grams. The stu -dent in ter acts with a sim u lated busi ness en vi ron ment via com puter fa cil i -ties or other lab o ra tory sit u a tions. 2.0 hours ac tiv ity. You may take thiscourse more than once for a max i mum of 6.0 units. Credit/no creditgrad ing only. For merly MINS 191.MINS 389 Internship and Cooperative Education 1.0-3.0 Fa/SprPrerequisites: Senior standing, faculty permission.This course is an in tern ship of fered for 1.0-3.0 units. You must reg is ter di -rectly with a su per vis ing fac ulty mem ber. For stu dents who wish to gainprac ti cal work ex pe ri ence with par tic i pat ing firms/or ga ni za tions. Thiscourse en ables a stu dent to study pol icy, con trol, and de ci sion-mak ing in a spe cial ized work en vi ron ment. See ad viser for stu dent’s per for mance re -quire ments, as sign ments, and meth ods of eval u a tion prior to un der tak ingthe in tern ship. You may take this course more than once for a max i mumof 15.0 units. Credit/no credit grad ing only. For merly MINS 189.MINS 399 Special Problems 1.0-3.0 Fa/SprThis course is an in de pend ent study of spe cial prob lems of fered for1.0-3.0 units. You must reg is ter di rectly with a su per vis ing fac ulty mem -ber. Stu dents reg is ter ing for this course should pre pare a pro ject pro posal to be dis cussed with their fac ulty ad viser be fore en roll ing in the course.You may take this course more than once for a max i mum of 6.0 units.Credit/no credit grad ing only. For merly MINS 199.MINS 425 Intermediate Business Programming 3.0 Fa/SprPrerequisites: MINS 325.This course pro vides stu dents with an in-depth ex po sure to busi ness in -for ma tion sys tems and their ap pli ca tions, ob ject-ori ented de sign in busi -ness. Is sues, prob lems, and strat e gies for de vel op ing ad vanced busi nessap pli ca tions are in cluded. Em pha sis is on pro jects in tended to in te gratedi verse sys tems while pro vid ing and main tain ing busi ness in for ma tion.Stu dents are ex pected to de sign, im ple ment, and test busi ness-based ap -pli ca tions in a small team en vi ron ment. 2.0 hours dis cus sion, 2.0 hoursac tiv ity. For merly MINS 116.MINS 450 Business Systems Design 3.0 Fa/SprPrerequisites: MINS 325, MINS 350.De vel op ing and doc u ment ing in for ma tion-pro cess ing re quire ments. Re -cord lay out de sign and de ter mi na tion of pri mary and al ter nate file ac cess paths. Data in teg rity and se cu rity con sid er ations. De vel op ment of sys temtest re quire ments and user doc u men ta tion. For merly MINS 210.MINS 452 Decision Support Software 3.0 Fa/SprPrerequisites: MINS 335.De sign and de vel op ment of de ci sion sup port sys tems. Ex am ples frommar ket ing, fi nance, ac count ing, hu man re sources man age ment, and pro -duc tion ar eas of or ga ni za tions. Anal y sis of the im pact of such de vel op -ments as ar ti fi cial in tel li gence, ex pert sys tems, fourth-gen er a tion lan -guages, and ap pli ca tion gen er a tors on the de sign and de vel op ment of in for ma tion sys tems. For merly MINS 212.MINS 495 Management Issues for MIS

Professionals3.0 Fa/Spr

Prerequisites: MINS 450 or concurrent enrollment in MINS 450.A cul mi nat ing, in te gra tive course serv ing to or ga nize the in for ma tion learned from ear lier MINS and busi ness school courses for soon-to-be MINS pro fes -sion als. Stu dents work to gether in groups to com plete pro jects and class as -sign ments and to un der stand key and cur rent in for ma tion sys tems top ics, in -clud ing global/in ter na tional is sues. Em pha sis on com mu ni cat ing con cepts ina mean ing ful, busi ness like man ner. For merly MINS 216.MINS 498 Special Topics in

Management Information Systems1.0-3.0 Fa/Spr

Prerequisites: Senior standing.This course is for spe cial top ics of fered for 1.0-3.0 units. Typ i cally thetopic is of fered on a one-time-only ba sis and may vary from term to termand be dif fer ent for dif fer ent sec tions. See The Class Sched ule for the spe -cific topic be ing of fered. For ad vanced stu dents who wish to in ves ti gatebusi ness prob lems in spe cial ized ar eas. Ap pli ca tion of re search meth ods.For merly MINS 298.

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3.0 Fa/Spr

Prerequisites: Acceptance into the Honors Program, faculty permission.This 3-unit course con sists of a com pre hen sive re search study and pa perdeal ing with busi ness pol icy and strat egy and the in te gra tive and in ter na -tional as pects of busi ness op er a tions, es pe cially as they per tain to thefields of man age ment in for ma tion sys tems. A fi nal writ ten re port and apub lic pre sen ta tion of find ings are both re quire ments of this course. Busi -ness Hon ors Pro gram stu dents must earn at least a B in this course in or -der to re ceive hon ors credit. Stu dents com plet ing Hon ors in the Ma jorwill en roll in this course for two se mes ters. You may take this coursemore than once for a max i mum of 6.0 units. For merly MINS 299H.MINS 522 Enterprise Resource Planning:

Systems Administration3.0 Fa/Spr

Prerequisites: Concurrent enrollment in or prior completion of MINS 345 andinstructor permission.This course fo cuses on ad vanced sys tem sup port is sues re lated to an En -ter prise Re source Plan ning (ERP) sys tem that is used in global or ga ni za -tions. Stu dents learn how to pro vide ba sic sys tems ad min is tra tion sup port of the op er at ing sys tem, da ta base, and ap pli ca tion sys tem soft ware lev elswithin a large ERP sys tem used to sup port a global or ga ni za tion withmul ti ple com pa nies. Con cepts, is sues, cur rent trends, de ci sion mak ing,and trou ble shoot ing are ad dressed through a multi-lay ered view of thesys tem. 2.0 hours dis cus sion, 2.0 hours ac tiv ity. For merly MINS 222.MINS 535 Database Administration 3.0 Fa/SprPrerequisites: MINS 335 and instructor permission.Study of the tasks and re spon si bil i ties of the da ta base ad min is tra tor, in -clud ing con fig ur ing mem ory and disk space, es tab lish ing se cu rity, pro vid -ing for backup and re cov ery, per for mance mon i tor ing and tun ing, andset ting up cli ent-server net work ca pa bil i ties. Study of ad vanced da ta basede sign prin ci ples and tech niques. Study of ad vanced SQL (Struc turedQuery Lan guage) and da ta base man age ment sys tem ca pa bil i ties. Ap pli ca -tion of con cepts and tech niques to prac ti cal da ta base sys tem ad min is tra -tion en vi ron ments in busi ness. You may take this course more than oncefor a max i mum of 6.0 units. For merly MINS 218.MINS 536 Security and Privacy Issues

in Information Technology3.0 Fall

Prerequisites: MINS 245.This course cov ers a broad range of in for ma tion se cu rity top ics. The course theme is the pro tec tion of in for ma tion re sources from dis rup tion, de struc -tion, or di sas ter as well as un au tho rized ac cess. The course cov ers con trols de signed to (1) pro tect in for ma tion as sets, (2) de tect the loss of in for ma tion, and (3) cor rect in for ma tion loss sit u a tions. Stu dents study the use of au -then ti ca tion and au tho ri za tion sys tems, fire walls, en cryp tion sys tems, re -dun dant disk ar rays, and othr tools desigend to pre vent loss of in for ma tion. Stu dents also study in tru sion de tec tion sys tems, file-fin ger print ing tools aswell as other meth ods and con trols de signed to de tect in for ma tion loss. Fi -nally, stu dents study backup strat e gies and con trols de signed to en sure there cov ery of lost in for ma tion. Sin gle-site re dun dancy as well as the use ofbackup data cen ters and re dun dant com mu ni ca tions sys tems are stud ied to ad dress the pro tec tion of user ac cess to in for ma tion re sources. Risk as sess -ments, se cu rity pol i cies, and for mal con trols pro cesses are used to ap plythe in for ma tion learned in the course to real world sce nar ios. 2.0 hoursdis cus sion, 2.0 hours ac tiv ity. For merly MINS 217.MINS 545 Advanced Distributed Systems Management 3.0 Fa/SprPrerequisites: MINS 345 and permission of instructor.This course fo cuses on is sues of plan ning, de sign, con fig u ra tion, im ple men -ta tion, and man age ment of large scale dis trib uted sys tems. Re cent stan dards,de vel op ment, is sues, meth ods re lated to the Internet will be dis cussed in de -tail. Stu dents will con fig ure a set of switches and rout ers to form vir tual lo cal area net works and a large scale data net work. Stu dents will in ves ti gate dif fer -ent net work ing tech nol o gies such as Fast Ethernet, ATM, and Voice over IP.Stu dents will also con fig ure DHCP, DNS, and SNMP. 2.0 hours dis cus sion,2.0 hours ac tiv ity. For merly MINS 215.MINS 546 E-Commerce and Client Server

Computing in Business3.0 Fa/Spr

Prerequisites: MINS 350; prior completion or concurrent enrollment in MINS 345.The study of elec tronic com merce and dis trib uted busi ness sys tems fromthe per spec tive of lay ered cli ent server mod els. De vel op ment and im ple -men ta tion trends, is sues, meth ods, and tools are dis cussed with re spectto dis trib ut ing data, ap pli ca tion pro cesses, and user ser vices in a va ri etyof global cor po rate set tings. Prac ti cal use of Internet and cli ent servertech nol ogy, such as Or a cle, is a ma jor ac tiv ity in the course, from bothserver and cli ent de sign and im ple men ta tion per spec tives. 2.0 hours dis cus sion, 2.0 hours ac tiv ity. For merly MINS 219.

MINS 645 Advanced Database Topics 3.0 FallPrerequisites: MINS 335.Log i cal da ta base de sign us ing data mod el ing and nor mal iza tion tech -niques. De vel op ment of com plex, user-ori ented busi ness ap pli ca tions.Re spon si bil i ties of the da ta base ad min is tra tor. Study of multi-user en vi -ron ment is sues, concurrency con trol, dis trib uted da ta bases, da ta base se -cu rity. Study of ad vanced da ta base tech nol ogy and per for mance is sues.For merly MINS 318.MINS 646 Seminar in Business Client Server 3.0 FallPrerequisites: MINS 350.Corequisites: MINS 345.A sem i nar of ad vanced top ics and cur rent trends re lated to the study ofdis trib uted busi ness sys tems from the per spec tive of lay ered cli ent servermod els. De vel op ment and im ple men ta tion is sues, meth ods, and tools are ex plored in depth with re spect to dis trib ut ing data, ap pli ca tion pro cesses, and user ser vices in a va ri ety of global cor po rate set tings. Prac ti cal use of cli ent server tech nol ogy, such as Or a cle, is a ma jor ac tiv ity in the coursefrom both server and cli ent de sign and im ple men ta tion per spec tives. For merly MINS 319.MINS 650 Business Information Systems Development 3.0 SpringPrerequisites: BADM 610.An in-depth ex am i na tion of sys tems de vel op ment con cepts and prac tice on the lead ing edge of tech nol ogy. Some his tor i cal per spec tive pro vided, butthe em pha sis is on cur rent pro cess and tech niques used to de velop on-line busi ness in for ma tion sys tems. In cludes rapid anal y sis, prototyping, SAA(Soft ware Ap pli ca tions Ar chi tec ture) and A/D (Ap pli ca tions De vel op ment)cy cle con cepts and tech niques. For merly MINS 312.MINS 689 Directed Internship 1.0-3.0 Fa/SprThis course is an in tern ship of fered for 1.0-3.0 units. You must reg is ter di -rectly with a su per vis ing fac ulty mem ber. Study of pol icy, con trol, and de ci -sion-mak ing in se lected or ga ni za tions, ar ranged and su per vised by a mem -ber of the grad u ate fac ulty in close work ing re la tion ship with the man age -ment of an or ga ni za tion. You may take this course more than once for amax i mum of 15.0 units. Credit/no credit grad ing only. For merly MINS 389.MINS 694 Seminar in


This course is a sem i nar of fered for 1.0-3.0 units. You must reg is ter di -rectly with a su per vis ing fac ulty mem ber. Con tem po rary busi ness top icswill al low the stu dent to con duct in-depth re search into busi ness prob -lems and op por tu ni ties. The course will al low top i cal mat ters to be taken up as they de velop within the econ omy. You may take this course morethan once for a max i mum of 3.0 units. For merly MINS 394.MINS 697 Independent Study 1.0-4.0 Fa/SprThis course is a grad u ate-level in de pend ent study of fered for 1.0-4.0units. You must reg is ter di rectly with a su per vis ing fac ulty mem ber. You may take this course more than once for a max i mum of 6.0 units.For merly MINS 398.MINS 699T Master’s Thesis 1.0-3.0 Fa/SprThis course is of fered for 1.0-3.0 units. You must reg is ter di rectly with asu per vis ing fac ulty mem ber. You may take this course more than oncefor a max i mum of 6.0 units. For merly MINS 398.

Marketing Course OfferingsMKTG 305 Survey of Marketing 3.0 Fa/SprNa ture and func tions of mar ket ing sys tems and mar ket ing in the in di vid -ual firm. Study of the mar ket ing mix, mar ket ing in sti tu tions, and the en vi -ron ments in which mar ket ing de ci sions are made. For merly MKTG 170.MKTG 371 Consumer Behavior 3.0 Fa/SprPrerequisites: MKTG 305.Study of the de ci sion pro cesses of in di vid u als and groups to ward con sumer prod ucts and the im pli ca tions to mar ket ers. Em pha sis on both in di vid ual,group, and ex ter nal de ter mi nants of con sumer at ti tudes and be hav ior. For merly MKTG 171.MKTG 380 Marketing Research 3.0 Fa/SprPrerequisites: BADM 103, MKTG 305.User-ori ented anal y sis of the mar ket ing re search pro cess, in clud ing prob -lem def i ni tion, pro posal prep a ra tion, re search de sign, data col lec tion, sam -pling meth ods, data anal y sis, in ter pre ta tion, and pre sen ta tion of find ings.For merly MKTG 180.

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MKTG 389 Internship and Cooperative Education 1.0-3.0 Fa/SprPrerequisites: Senior standing, faculty permission.This course is an in tern ship of fered for 1.0-3.0 units. You must reg is ter di -rectly with a su per vis ing fac ulty mem ber. For stu dents who wish to gainprac ti cal work ex pe ri ence with par tic i pat ing firms/or ga ni za tions. This courseen ables a stu dent to study pol icy, con trol, and de ci sion-mak ing in a spe cial -ized work en vi ron ment. See ad viser for stu dent’s per for mance re quire ments,as sign ments, and meth ods of eval u a tion prior to un der tak ing the in tern ship.You may take this course more than once for a max i mum of 15.0 units.Credit/no credit grad ing only. For merly MKTG 189.MKTG 391 Simulation Laboratory Marketing 1.0 Fa/SprLab o ra tory ex pe ri ence with man age ment sim u la tion pro grams. The stu dent in ter acts with a sim u lated busi ness en vi ron ment via com puter fa cil i ties orother lab o ra tory sit u a tions. 3.0 hours lab o ra tory. You may take this coursemore than once for a max i mum of 6.0 units. For merly MKTG 191.MKTG 398 Special Topics 1.0-3.0 Fa/SprThis course is for spe cial top ics of fered for 1.0-3.0 units. Typ i cally thetopic is of fered on a one-time-only ba sis and may vary from term to term and be dif fer ent for dif fer ent sec tions. See The Class Sched ule forthe spe cific topic be ing of fered. For merly MKTG 198.MKTG 399 Special Problems 1.0-3.0 Fa/SprThis course is an in de pend ent study of spe cial prob lems of fered for1.0-3.0 units. You must reg is ter di rectly with a su per vis ing fac ulty mem -ber. Stu dents reg is ter ing for this course should pre pare a pro ject pro posal to be dis cussed with their fac ulty ad viser be fore en roll ing in the course.You may take this course more than once for a max i mum of 6.0 units.Credit/no credit grad ing only. For merly MKTG 199.MKTG 465 E-Marketing 3.0 Fa/SprPrerequisites: MKTG 371.Study of the changes in the mar ket place cre ated by the in creas ing uti li za -tion of tech no log i cal tools to per form tra di tional mar ket ing func tions. Thecourse pro vides in sight into strat e gies and tac tics which can be used to im -ple ment and man age elec tronic mar ket ing ini tia tives. For merly MKTG 265.MKTG 467 Management of Small Business

Enterprises3.0 Fa/Spr

Prerequisites: Senior standing and business major.De ci sion-mak ing in man ag ing the small busi ness seg ment of Amer i can so ci -ety. Prob lem-solv ing based upon ac tual field case work. The ory ap plied toac tual man age ment sit u a tions in the minibusiness. For merly MKTG 297.MKTG 470 Sales Force Management 3.0 Fa/SprPrerequisites: MKTG 371.Or ga ni za tion and con trol of man u fac turer and whole saler sales de part -ments. Em pha sis on sales po ten tials, ter ri tory struc ture, quo tas and com -pen sa tion, sales and cost anal y sis, sales per son se lec tion, mo ti va tion, and eval u a tions. For merly MKTG 270.MKTG 471 Distribution Systems and

Channel Management3.0 Fa/Spr

Prerequisites: MKTG 371.Dis tri bu tion and its role in the mar ket ing sys tem: eco nom ics of dis tri bu -tion; fi nanc ing com pet ing car ri ers, rate de ter mi na tion, gov ern ment reg u -la tion, sub si di za tion; car rier or ga ni za tion, op er a tion, and traf fic con trol.For merly MKTG 271. This course is also of fered as SCMS 471.MKTG 472 Advertising and Marketing

Communications3.0 Fa/Spr

Prerequisites: MKTG 371.The con cept and pro cess of in te grat ing all of the com mu ni ca tions by amar keter to cre ate syn ergy and a unique sell ing prop o si tion. Ex am inesde vel op ment and ex e cu tion of ad ver tis ing, pub lic ity, sales pro mo tions,di rect mar ket ing, spon sor ship and per sonal sell ing pro grams that buildlife time cus tomer re la tion ships through a va ri ety of me dia or con tacts.For merly MKTG 272.MKTG 473 Strategic Personal Selling 3.0 Fa/SprPrerequisites: MKTG 371.Prin ci ples and prac tices of stra te gic per sonal sell ing, in clud ing re la tion -ship strat egy, cus tomer strat egy, prod uct strat egy, and pre sen ta tion strat -egy. The role of per sonal sell ing in the mar ket ing mix and the cur rentbusi ness en vi ron ment. 1.0 hour lec ture, 1.0 hour dis cus sion, 2.0 hoursac tiv ity. For merly MKTG 273.MKTG 474 Market Analysis 3.0 Fa/SprPrerequisites: MKTG 371.Study of mar ket ing strat e gies, pro grams, and plans on which sound mar -ket ing prac tice is based; spe cial em pha sis on an a lyz ing mar ket ingsitutations. For merly MKTG 274.MKTG 475 Retailing 3.0 Fa/SprPrerequisites: MKTG 371.Es sen tials of re tail man age ment; mar ket seg men ta tion and mar ket re -search for re tail op er a tions, buy ing and pric ing func tions, in ven tory con -trol, bud get ing, na ture of change. For merly MKTG 275.

MKTG 476 Business Marketing 3.0 In quirePrerequisites: MKTG 371.Study of the mar ket ing of goods and ser vices to busi ness, gov ern ment,and in sti tu tions. The fo cus is on or ga ni za tional buy ing, mar ket anal y sisand plan ning, and de vel op ment of mar ket ing mix. For merly MKTG 276.MKTG 477 International Marketing 3.0 Fa/SprPrerequisites: MKTG 371.A study of all as pects of mar ket ing unique to in ter na tional busi ness. Ex -am ines the im pact of cul tures, eth ics, his tory, pol i tics, and so cial cus toms on mar ket ing think ing and prac tices world wide. For merly MKTG 277.MKTG 478 Service Marketing 3.0 Fa/SprPrerequisites: MKTG 371.Study of the unique char ac ter is tics of ser vices and their im pli ca tions forthe de vel op ment of ef fec tive mar ket ing strat e gies, pro grams, and plans for ser vice busi nesses, in clud ing pro fes sional ser vices, not-for-profit ser vices, and in ter na tional ser vices. For merly MKTG 278.MKTG 490 Strategic Marketing Management 3.0 Fa/SprPrerequisites: MKTG 371, MKTG 380.Cap stone course in volv ing the de ci sion-mak ing pro cess to de mand anal y sis and de vel op ing prod uct, dis tri bu tion, pro mo tion, and pric ing strat e gies.For merly MKTG 279.MKTG 498 Special Topics in Marketing 1.0-3.0 Fa/SprPrerequisites: Senior standing.This course is for spe cial top ics of fered for 1.0-3.0 units. Typ i cally thetopic is of fered on a one-time-only ba sis and may vary from term to termand be dif fer ent for dif fer ent sec tions. See The Class Sched ule for the spe -cific topic be ing of fered. For ad vanced stu dents who wish to in ves ti gatebusi ness prob lems in spe cial ized ar eas. Ap pli ca tion of re search meth ods.For merly MKTG 298.MKTG 499H Honors Seminar in Marketing 3.0 Fa/SprPrerequisites: Faculty permission.This 3-unit course con sists of a com pre hen sive re search study and pa perdeal ing with busi ness pol icy and strat egy, and the in te gra tive and in ter na -tional as pects of busi ness op er a tions, es pe cially as they per tain to thefield of mar ket ing. A fi nal writ ten re port and a pub lic pre sen ta tion offind ings are both re quire ments of this course. Busi ness Hon ors Pro gramstu dents must re ceive at least a B in this course for Hon ors credit. Stu -dents seek ing “Hon ors in the Ma jor” will en roll in this course for two se -mes ters. You may take this course more than once for a max i mum of6.0 units. For merly MKTG 299H.MKTG 673 Seminar in Strategic Marketing 3.0 SpringPrerequisites: MKTG 305.A study of mar ket ing con cepts and strat e gies, such as de mand anal y sis,prod uct/mar ket po si tion ing, dis tri bu tion, pro mo tion, and pric ing strat e -gies. Em pha sis on in te grat ing such con cepts and strat e gies into stra te gicmar ket ing pro grams. For merly MKTG 373.MKTG 679 Seminar in Market Analysis 3.0 SpringPrerequisites: MKTG 305.A case method ap proach in volv ing the de ci sion-mak ing pro cess re latedto de mand anal y sis, prod uct strat egy, dis tri bu tion strat egy, pro mo tionalstrat egy, and pric ing strat egy. For merly MKTG 379.MKTG 689 Directed Internship 1.0-3.0 Fa/SprThis course is an in tern ship of fered for 1.0-3.0 units. You must reg is terdi rectly with a su per vis ing fac ulty mem ber. Study of pol icy, con trol, andde ci sion-mak ing in se lected or ga ni za tions, ar ranged and su per vised by a mem ber of the grad u ate fac ulty in close work ing re la tion ship with theman age ment of an or ga ni za tion. You may take this course more thanonce for a max i mum of 15.0 units. Credit/no credit grad ing only. For merly MKTG 389.MKTG 691 Simulation Laboratory in Marketing 1.0 Fa/SprPrerequisites: Faculty permission.Lab o ra tory ex pe ri ence with com put er ized or other sim u la tion en vi ron -ments. The stu dent in ter acts with a sim u lated busi ness en vi ron ment, of -ten via the time shar ing com puter sys tem. 3.0 hours lab o ra tory. For merlyMKTG 391.MKTG 694 Seminar in


This course is a sem i nar of fered for 1.0-3.0 units. You must reg is ter di -rectly with a su per vis ing fac ulty mem ber. Con tem po rary busi ness top icswill al low the stu dent to con duct in-depth re search into busi ness prob -lems and op por tu ni ties. The course will al low top i cal mat ters to be taken up as they de velop within the econ omy. You may take this course morethan once for a max i mum of 3.0 units. For merly MKTG 394.MKTG 697 Independent Study 1.0-4.0 Fa/SprThis course is a grad u ate-level in de pend ent study of fered for 1.0-4.0units. You must reg is ter di rectly with a su per vis ing fac ulty mem ber. You may take this course more than once for a max i mum of 6.0 units.For merly MKTG 398.

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MKTG 699T Master’s Thesis 1.0-3.0 Fa/SprThis course is of fered for 1.0-3.0 units. You must reg is ter di rectly with asu per vis ing fac ulty mem ber. You may take this course more than oncefor a max i mum of 6.0 units. For merly MKTG 398.

Quantitative BusinessAnalysis Course OfferingsQBAN 340 Probability and Statistics for Management 3.0 Fa/SprPrerequisites: Completion of the General Education Math requirement and passageof a departmentally administered intermediate algebra achievement screening test.An in tro duc tion to the math e mat i cal con cepts of el e men tary cal cu lus,prob a bil ity, and sta tis tics as they ap ply to the busi ness en vi ron ment. To be in cluded are the laws of prob a bil ity, es ti ma tion, and hy poth e sis-test ing. Se lected top ics in el e men tary cal cu lus will also be in tro duced.This course will not meet re quire ments for the BS in busi ness ad min is tra -tion. For merly QBAN 142.QBAN 344 Decision Models for Business 3.0 FallPrerequisites: BADM 103.The de vel op ment of de ci sion mod els and sys tems in a busi ness con textwhere prob lem def i ni tion, ap pli ca tions, and com puter so lu tions are em -pha sized. Top ics in clude a study of the sys tems ap proach, de ter min is ticand proba bil is tic mod els. For merly QBAN 144.QBAN 440 Multiple Regression and Forecasting 3.0 SpringPrerequisites: BADM 103.Mul ti ple re gres sion anal y sis, time se ries anal y sis, and fore cast ing as ap plied to man a ge rial de ci sion-mak ing. For merly QBAN 240.QBAN 647 Seminar in Research and

Decision in Business3.0 In quire

Plan ning, re search, and de ci sion pro jects and cases, ad vanced re searchand de ci sion meth od ol ogy, ex per i men tal de sign, prep a ra tion of pro jectpro pos als, in di vid ual and group work on se lected pro jects and cases, and cri tiques of pro ject re ports. For merly QBAN 347.QBAN 648 Seminar in Operations Research 3.0 In quirePrerequisites: SCMS 306, QBAN 340.The ory of op er a tions re search with ap pli ca tions to busi ness. In cludes tech -niques of lin ear, non-lin ear, and in te ger pro gram ming, top ics in queingthe ory, sim u la tion, and Monte Carlo meth ods as they ap ply to in ven tory,sched ul ing, trans por ta tion, and man age ment. For merly QBAN 348.

Real Estate Course OfferingsREAL 301 Principles of Real Estate 3.0 Fa/SprPrerequisites: ECON 102, ECON 103.A com pre hen sive study de signed to give stu dents a good un der stand ingof mar ket ing forces af fect ing real es tate. Sub ject mat ter in tro duces thestu dent to le gal, so cio eco nomic, and en vi ron men tal fac tors re lated to the real es tate in dus try. The course ex am ines such ar eas as (1) the eco nomicchar ac ter is tics of real es tate re sources and the ba sic fac tors in flu enc ingthe sup ply and de mand for real es tate; (2) na tional, state, and lo cal in flu -ences on real es tate mar kets, in clud ing de mo graphic trends; (3) landown er ship and con vey ance, fi nanc ing and mar ket ing real prop erty; and (4) man a ge rial re view of mar ket ing prac tices. For merly R E 101.REAL 367 Real Estate Appraisal I 3.0 In quirePrerequisites: REAL 301.Prin ci ples gov ern ing the le gal and eco nomic de ter mi na tion of real prop erty uses and val ues and the func tion and pro cess of ap praisal. Field work andgroup prob lems in real es tate. 2.0 hours dis cus sion, 2.0 hours ac tiv ity. For merly R E 167.REAL 369 Real Estate Finance 3.0 In quirePrerequisites: REAL 301.A study of the in sti tu tions and meth ods in volved in fi nanc ing real prop ertyand an anal y sis of the prob lems, risks, and prac tices in volved in fi nanc ingand in vest ing in real prop erty. For merly R E 169.REAL 389 Internship and Cooperative Education 1.0-3.0 Fa/SprPrerequisites: Senior standing, faculty permission.This course is an in tern ship of fered for 1.0-3.0 units. You must reg is terdi rectly with a su per vis ing fac ulty mem ber. For stu dents who wish togain prac ti cal work ex pe ri ence with par tic i pat ing firms/or ga ni za tions.This course en ables a stu dent to study pol icy, con trol, and de ci sion-mak -ing in a spe cial ized work en vi ron ment. See ad viser for stu dent’s per for -mance re quire ments, as sign ments, and meth ods of eval u a tion prior to un -der tak ing the in tern ship. You may take this course more than once for amax i mum of 15.0 units. Credit/no credit grad ing only. For merly R E 189.

REAL 391 Simulation Laboratory Real Estate 1.0 Fa/SprPrerequisites: Faculty permission.Lab o ra tory ex pe ri ence with man age ment sim u la tion pro grams. The stu dent in ter acts with a sim u lated busi ness en vi ron ment via com puter fa cil i ties orother lab o ra tory sit u a tions. 3.0 hours lab o ra tory. You may take this coursemore than once for a max i mum of 6.0 units. For merly R E 191.REAL 399 Special Problems 1.0-3.0 Fa/SprThis course is an in de pend ent study of spe cial prob lems of fered for1.0-3.0 units. You must reg is ter di rectly with a su per vis ing fac ulty mem -ber. Stu dents reg is ter ing for this course should pre pare a pro ject pro posal to be dis cussed with their fac ulty ad viser be fore en roll ing in the course.You may take this course more than once for a max i mum of 6.0 units.Credit/no credit grad ing only. For merly R E 199.

Supply Chain Management Systems CourseOfferingsSCMS 306 Operations Management 3.0 Fa/SprPrerequisites: Business Administration or Business Information Systems statusrequired for business majors. Completion of General Education Breadth Area A4requirements required for all majors.Quan ti ta tive mod el ing, in clud ing lin ear pro gram ming, dual prices, sim u la -tion, and queu ing. Pro duc tion and op er a tions man age ment, in clud ing prod -uct and pro cess de sign, fa cil ity lo ca tion and lay out, qual ity as sur ance, workmea sure ment, fore cast ing, ca pac ity plan ning, de ci sion trees, pro duc tionplan ning, sched ul ing, in ven tory con trol, ma te rial re quire ments plan ning, pro ject man age ment with CPM/PERT, and sys tem main te nance and im -prove ment. 2.0 hours dis cus sion, 2.0 hours ac tiv ity. For merly POMG 143.SCMS 340 Cost Management for Operations 3.0 SpringAp pli ca tion of ac count ing in for ma tion to prob lems faced by op er at ingman ag ers. Top ics in clude es ti ma tion of prod uct costs, bud get ing, and per -for mance eval u a tion in tra di tional, JIT, TOC, and con tin u ous im prove mentset tings. For merly POMG 145.SCMS 351 Simulation Laboratory Production

and Operations Management1.0 Fa/Spr

Prerequisites: Faculty permission.Lab o ra tory ex pe ri ence with man age ment sim u la tion pro grams. The stu -dent in ter acts with a sim u lated busi ness en vi ron ment via com puter fa cil i -ties or other lab o ra tory sit u a tions. 2.0 hours ac tiv ity. You may take thiscourse more than once for a max i mum of 6.0 units. Credit/no creditgrad ing only. For merly POMG 191.SCMS 399 Special Problems 1.0-3.0 Fa/SprThis course is an in de pend ent study of spe cial prob lems of fered for1.0-3.0 units. You must reg is ter di rectly with a su per vis ing fac ulty mem -ber. Stu dents reg is ter ing for this course should pre pare a pro ject pro posal to be dis cussed with their fac ulty ad viser be fore en roll ing in the course.You may take this course more than once for a max i mum of 6.0 units.Credit/no credit grad ing only. For merly POMG 199.SCMS 440 Purchasing and Supply Chain Management 3.0 Fa/SprPrerequisites: SCMS 306.An over view of the pur chas ing and lo gis tic func tions of an or ga ni za tion.The pri mary ob jec tive of this course is to pro vide stu dents with an in te -gra tive view of the pur chas ing and lo gis tic func tions and the role theyplay in the over all op er a tions of the or ga ni za tion. The use and ap pli ca -tions of in for ma tion sys tems (SAP R/3) in the pur chas ing and lo gis ticfunc tions will be in cluded in the course. These in for ma tion sys tems willpro vide a foun da tion for the un der stand ing of the in te gra tive na ture ofthe busi ness or ga ni za tion to day. For merly SCMS 244.SCMS 441 Quality Management 3.0 Fa/SprPrerequisites: SCMS 306 or faculty permission.The study and ap pli ca tion of the qual ity man age ment pro cess in both the man u fac tur ing and ser vice sec tors of the econ omy. Top ics in clude pro -cess anal y sis and im prove ment, sta tis ti cal pro cess con trol, cost of qual ity, qual ity mea sure ment, and qual ity in the global mar ket place. 2.5 hoursdis cus sion, 1.0 hour ac tiv ity. For merly POMG 246.SCMS 442 Production Planning and Inventory Control 3.0 Fa/SprPrerequisites: SCMS 306.An in-depth study of in ven tory man age ment and ma te rial re quire mentsplan ning (MRP). Top ics in clude the study of in ven tory sys tems and mod -el ing, mas ter pro duc tion sched ul ing, and pur chas ing sys tems and con trol. For merly SCMS 247.

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Prerequisites: SCMS 306.Study of qual ity con trol, ca pac ity plan ning, Just-In-Time (JIT) pro duc tionsys tems, and pro duc tion plan ning and con trol. Top ics in clude qual ity as -sur ance and con trol, pro duc tion fore cast ing, ca pac ity man age ment andcon trol, pro duc tion sys tem sim u la tion, the ap pli ca tion of JIT, and pro duc -tion sys tems per for mance anal y sis. 2.5 hours dis cus sion, 1.0 hour ac tiv ity.For merly POMG 248.SCMS 471 Distribution Systems and

Channel Management3.0 Fa/Spr

Prerequisites: MKTG 305.The course in cludes a study of dis tri bu tion and its role in the mar ket ingsys tem, eco nomic of dis tri bu tion, fi nanc ing com pet ing car ri ers, rate de -ter mi na tion, gov ern ment reg u la tion sub si di za tion, car rier or ga ni za tion,op er a tion, and traf fic con trol. For merly SCMS 271. This course is also of fered as MKTG 471.SCMS 489 Internship and Cooperative Education 1.0-3.0 Fa/SprPrerequisites: Senior standing.This course is an in tern ship of fered for 1.0-3.0 units. Stu dents must reg is -ter di rectly with a su per vis ing fac ulty mem ber. For stu dents who wish togain prac ti cal work ex pe ri ence with par tic i pat ing firms/or ga ni za tions.This course en ables a stu dent to study pol icy, con trol, and de ci sion mak -ing in a spe cial ized work en vi ron ment. The fac ulty ad viser will de ter mine each stu dent’s per for mance re quire ments, as sign ments, and meth ods ofeval u a tion prior to un der tak ing the in tern ship. You may take this coursemore than once for a max i mum of 15.0 units. Credit/no credit grad ingonly. For merly SCMS 189.SCMS 498 Special Topics in Supply Chain

Management Systems1.0-3.0 Fa/Spr

Prerequisites: Senior standing.This course is for spe cial top ics of fered for 1.0-3.0 units. Typ i cally thetopic is of fered on a one-time-only ba sis and may vary from term to term and be dif fer ent for dif fer ent sec tions. See The Class Sched ule for thespe cific topic be ing of fered. For ad vanced stu dents who wish to in ves ti -gate busi ness prob lems in spe cial ized ar eas. Ap pli ca tion of re searchmeth ods. You may take this course more than once for a max i mum of15.0 units. For merly SCMS 298.

SCMS 607 Operations Planning and Execution 3.0 FallThis course pro vides over view of the op er a tions man age ment pro cess.The op er a tions man age ment field in cludes the pri mary func tions of busi -ness. These cen tral func tions of an or ga ni za tion are re spon si ble for thecre ation and de liv ery of goods and ser vices. This course will as sist thestu dent in de vel op ing both quan ti ta tive and qual i ta tive skills to uti lizecur rent meth od ol o gies, sys tems, and tech nol ogy to plan, ex e cute, im ple -ment, and an a lyze per for mance of the or ga ni za tion and its re sources.The topic area of qual ity man age ment will be a sig nif i cant seg ment ofthis course. For merly POMG 343.SCMS 640 Information Systems For Operations 3.0 In quireAn in tro duc tion to the anal y sis and de sign of man age ment in for ma tion sys -tems with pri mary ap pli ca tion to pro duc tion/op er a tions man age ment sys -tems. Math e mat i cal mod els com monly em ployed in pro duc tion/op er a tionsman age ment will be in cluded. For merly POMG 342.SCMS 651 Simulation Laboratory in

Production and Operations Management1.0 Fa/Spr

Prerequisites: Faculty permission.Lab o ra tory ex pe ri ence with com put er ized or other sim u la tion en vi ron -ments. The stu dent in ter acts with a sim u lated busi ness en vi ron ment, of ten via the time shar ing com puter sys tem. 3.0 hours lab o ra tory. For merly POMG 391.SCMS 652 Contemporary Business Topics 1.0-3.0 Fa/SprThis course is a spe cial topic of fered for 1.0-3.0 units. You must reg is terdi rectly with a su per vis ing fac ulty mem ber. Con tem po rary busi ness top ics will al low the stu dent to con duct in-depth re search into busi ness prob -lems and op por tu ni ties. The course will al low top i cal mat ter to be takenup as it de vel ops within the econ omy. You may take this course morethan once for a max i mum of 3.0 units. For merly POMG 394.SCMS 689 Directed Internship 1.0-3.0 Fa/SprThis course is an in tern ship of fered for 1.0-3.0 units. You must reg is ter di -rectly with a su per vis ing fac ulty mem ber. Study of pol icy, con trol, and de ci -sion-mak ing in se lected or ga ni za tions, ar ranged and su per vised by a mem -ber of the grad u ate fac ulty in close work ing re la tion ship with the man age -ment of an or ga ni za tion. You may take this course more than once for amax i mum of 15.0 units. Credit/no credit grad ing only. For merly POMG 389.SCMS 697 Independent Study 1.0-4.0 Fa/SprThis course is a grad u ate-level in de pend ent study of fered for 1.0-4.0units. You must reg is ter di rectly with a su per vis ing fac ulty mem ber. You may take this course more than once for a max i mum of 6.0 units.For merly POMG 398.SCMS 699T Master’s Thesis 1.0-3.0 Fa/SprThis course is of fered for 1.0-3.0 units. You must reg is ter di rectly with asu per vis ing fac ulty mem ber. You may take this course more than oncefor a max i mum of 6.0 units. For merly MGSC 399.

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