USP Codes are listed in brackets by the 1991 USP code followed by the 2003 USP code (i.e. [M2<>QB]).

1040 [2010]. Legal Environment of Business. 3. Provides a broad overview of business-related legal topics. Students are familiarized with courts and alternative dispute resolution, constitutional law, torts, contracts, intellectual law, criminal law, and cyber law.

2000. Introduction to Business. 3. Designed to provide an overview of today’s business system and how it works. Significant business activities are covered including: accounting, management, marketing, production, finance, decision making, economic markets, and world business. Recommended for those who might have an interest in business, but no real background. Prerequisites: freshman/sophomore level only.

2600. Internship: Business. 3. Provides students with practical business knowledge and a perceptual basis for later coursework. Students work as interns in operating organizations. Prerequisites: COB majors only and written consent of instructor.

3000. Real Estate Law. 3. Covers all major areas of real estate law, including the nature of real property, types of ownership, real estate contracts, title and insurance, financing, landlord and tenant, land use, environmental law and regulation. An understanding of real estate law is important in both the personal and professional lives of students. Prerequisite: advanced business standing.

3210 [4570]. Business Ethics. 3. Studies the cognitive, social, behavioral, and corporate processes affecting individual, group, and organizational judgments in morally questionable situations. Through analysis students understand what factors give rise to and influence ethical issues and how organization values precipitate ethical behavior among employees. Prerequisites: sophomore standing.

4340. Business Organizations and Governmental Regulations. 3. A survey of the basic principles of agency, partnerships, corporations, securities regulation, labor and employment law, administrative law, consumer law, environmental law, and antitrust law. Prerequisites: BADM 1040 or equivalent.

4350. Commercial Law. 3. A study of the basic principles of commercial law, including property, sales, negotiable instruments, secured transactions, creditors' rights and bankruptcy. Prerequisites: BADM 1040 or equivalent.

4500 [2500, 4500]. Employee to Entrepreneur. 3. Investigates considerations relating to leaving current employment, ethical dilemmas, skills needed to launch a new business, importance of cash flow and financing start-up, personal rewards and costs of entrepreneurship, and an overview of business plan context. Prerequisite: sophomore standing.

4510. New Entrepreneurial Venture. 3. Focus on creating a successful business concept and determining its feasibility in the context of a rapidly changing global business environment. Students research, analyze and present a new business concept, which may evolve into a comprehensive business plan. Prerequisites: MGT 3210, ACCT 1010, junior class standing.

4540. International Marketing. 3. [G1, W3<>(none)] Approaches the topic of international marketing from a managerial perspective. Exposure to world environmental characteristics and interdependencies, as well as objectives, strategies and tactics of marketing goods and services to various countries and cultures. Cross listed with INST 4540. Prerequisites: MKT 3210.

4550. Family Business and Corporate Venturing. 3. Investigates the organizational life cycle using a dual focus of family business and new ventures within established organizations.  Topics include start-up considerations, organizational form, cash flow and financing, family dynamics, and identifying appropriate ventures for enhanced organizational growth.  Ownership succession and exit strategies are also discussed.  Prerequisites:  advanced business standing and junior standing

4560 [4520]. Entrepreneurial Accounting and Finance. 3. Expands business knowledge by focusing attention on accounting and finance concerns that are vital to new ventures. Focuses on issues that must be addressed to assist these businesses in meeting their objectives of growth, preparation for a public offering, and exit strategies. Cross listed with FIN 4560. Prerequisites: ACCT 1010, FIN 3250, MGT 3210.

4600. Advanced Internship in  Business. 1-4 (Max. 6). Provides students with practical business knowledge, policy, procedure and decision making. Students work as interns in operating organizations. Prerequisites: MKT 3210, MGT 3210, FIN 3250, ACCT 1020, advanced business standing, written consent of instructor.

4620 [4910]. Business Plan Development. (B) 3. Explores and evaluates various intrapreneurial and entrepreneurial opportunities, including business plans. Students demonstrate how to research, analyze, and present new business ventures. Students analyze a business opportunity and make a presentation to potential investors. Prerequisite: BADM 4510, 4560, and junior class standing.

4900. Problems in Business Administration. (B) 1-4 (Max. 4). Individual projects of a research nature, under direct supervision of a professor. Written report required. Prerequisites: MKT 3210, MGT 3210, FIN 3250, ACCT 1020, advanced business standing and written consent of instructor.

4910. Selected Topics in Business Administration. 3 (Max. 12). For advanced students; consists of an in-depth study of a selected area or areas of business law. The specific area(s) to be considered in any given semester is printed in the class schedule. Topics may include consumer protection, employment laws, securities regulation and antitrust and trade regulation. Prerequisites: junior standing and other courses, as appropriate, for specific area/topic being covered.

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