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BUS 71a Introduction to Finance [ss]
BUS 113a Intermediate Financial Accounting [ss]
BUS 114a Managerial Accounting [ss]
BUS 117a Intermediate Corporate Finance [ss]
BUS 120a Organizational Behavior in Business [ss]
Description:
Prerequisite: BUS 6a. Corequisite: BUS 1b. This
course cannot be counted as an elective toward
the Economics major or minor.
Introduces students to topics and methods in the
field of finance. Covers how firms secure financing
via equity and debt markets, valuation of stocks
and bonds, fundamental analysis techniques,
capital budgeting techniques, relationship of risk
and return, and the time-value-of-money. Usually
offered every semester.
Prerequisite: BUS 6a.
Expands the understanding of accounting theory
and evaluates the impact of alternative accounting
procedures on financial statements. Topics
covered include revenue recognition, accounting
changes/errors, inventory measurement and
valuation, long-lived assets acquisition, disposition,
and impairment. Usually offered every second
year.
Prerequisite: BUS 6a. May not be taken for credit
by students who took BUS 14a in prior years.
Introduction to the principles, concepts, and
methods of managerial accounting, including
internal reporting used in planning, control, and
decision making. Learn how organizations use this
information to measure and control resources
used in producing goods and providing services.
Usually offered every year.
Prerequisite: BUS 71a or ECON 171a.
Develops greater depth of financial skills and
logical thought processes necessary to formulate
and implement business decisions in a global
environment. Topics include firm valuation, capital
structure and security issuances, payout policies,
and corporate restructuring. Usually offered every
second year.
Prerequisite: BUS 10a. This course may not be
taken for credit by students who have taken PSYC
150b. May not be taken for credit by students who
took BUS 20a in prior years.
Covers the fundamentals of organizational
behavior, including topics like leadership, work
BUS 125a Leading in the Era of Diversity
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BUS 130a Entrepreneurship and Innovation [ss]
BUS 135a Real Estate and Society [ss]
BUS 152a Marketing Management [ss]
motivation, organizational culture, organizational
structure, group dynamics, perception, and
decision-making in a global environment.
Assignments include individual and group project
analyses focused on topical business issues using
course concepts. Usually offered every semester.
Prerequisite: BUS 10a or WMGS 5a or permission of
the instructor.
Introduces students to analytical frameworks for
understanding and influencing individual, group,
inter-group, and total organization dynamics.
Increases students' awareness of and competence in
recruiting, collaborating with, retaining, managing,
and advancing people different from themselves.
Usually offered every year.
Prerequisite: BUS 10a. May not be taken for credit
by students who took BUS 30a in prior years.
Explores why, when, and how to start a new
business venture. Includes identifying
opportunities, gaining access to resources, and
assembling a team with key skills. Uses lectures,
case discussions, and outside speakers to
introduce issues in both theory and practice.
Usually offered every semester.
Prerequisite: BUS 10a. May not be taken for credit
by students who took BUS 35a in prior years.
Provides students with the fundamentals of real
estate investment analysis and examines major
trends and current issues: affordable housing;
preservations, conservation, and
environmentalism; green construction; new
urbanism and smart growth; and the meltdown in
the capital markets. Usually offered every
semester.
Prerequisite: BUS 10a. Corequisite: BUS 1b. May
not be taken for credit by students who took BUS
52a in prior years.
An introduction to key concepts in competitive
strategy and marketing, which are used to help
firms create, sustain, and capture value. Topics
include industry analysis, competitive advantage,
market identification, and marketing policies.
Incorporates case studies, discussion method,
team projects, and business research. Usually
offered every semester.
BUS 153a Marketing Research [ss]
BUS 155a Consumer Behavior [ss]
BUS 160a Competitive Strategy [ss]
BUS 172a Operations Management [ss]
BUS 174a Supply Chain Management [ss]
Prerequisite: BUS 152a. May not be taken for
credit by students who took BUS 53a in prior years.
Marketing research is critical to business success in
today's information economy. We will learn
quantitative marketing research models and
techniques for analyzing consumer behavior and
marketing information. Topics include marketing
segmentation, targeted promotion strategies,
brand positioning, new produce design, and
customer profitability. Usually offered every year.
Prerequisite: BUS 152a. May not be taken for
credit by students who took BUS 55a in prior years.
Examines fundamental theories and concepts in
consumer psychology. Learn about new findings to
enhance understanding of how and why people
choose, use and evaluate goods and services the
way they do. This knowledge will come from
lectures, readings, and discussions in class, but
also from hands-on experiential learning through
involvement in a semester-long group project.
Usually offered every year.
Prerequisite: BUS 10a. BUS 152a is recommended.
Allows students to examine the challenges and
opportunities of doing business globally using a
few simple frameworks developed at Harvard
Business School. Students will use such
frameworks to think about the design and
execution of successful strategies, in the US
market, in emerging markets, in entrepreneurial
firms and in social platforms. Usually offered every
year.
Prerequisites: BUS 10a. Corequisite: BUS 1b.
Operations Management is the scientific study and
optimization of the processes that organizations
use to create the products/services purchased by
their customers. Topics include process analysis,
the impact of variability on process performance,
quality management (lean production and six
sigma), project management, inventory
management, supply chain coordination, revenue
management and operations strategy. Usually
offered every semester.
Prerequisite: BUS 172a.
Explores how to optimize supply chain processes
to achieve a company's strategic goals. Students
will understand the basic activities in an
organization's supply chain, such as planning, the
selection of suppliers, negotiations and
coordination with suppliers, production and
inventory decisions, and logistics. This course uses
analytical tools and conceptual frameworks to
make effective decisions about supply chains.
Usually offered every second year.