Business Administration

BADM 264 – Internet Application 3
Provides students with exposure to the Internet, teaching the fundamentals, history, and use of the Internet. Students learn how to create and maintain web pages. Fall, Spring

BADM 270 – Business Club 1
Students apply business principles and practices as they participate in and complete group projects. Open to all business students. Fall, Spring

BADM 301 – Principles of Marketing 3
Examination of domestic and global environments and understanding of the elements of marketing strategy, including target marketing, marketing research, organizational and consumer buying behavior, product, promotion, pricing, and distribution fundamentals. Pre-requisite: ACCT 201 – Elements of Accounting II. Business Administration majors must complete all Level 1 courses with a “C” or better. Fall, Spring

BADM 320 – Personal Finance 3
Emphasizes the practical aspects of consumer money management and the development of long and short term personal financial planning. Topics include budgeting, consumer credit, saving and investing, insurance planning, retirement and estate planning, real estate and investments. Spring

BADM 326 – Managerial Finance 3
A study of financial management, financial markets and institutions, and investments with an emphasis on planning, cash budgets, time value of money, capital budgeting, cost of capital, and financial analysis for a business organization. Pre-requisites: ACCT 201 – Elements of Accounting II and ECON 202 – Principles of Macroeconomics. Business Administration majors must complete all Level 1 courses with a “C” or better. Fall, Spring

BADM 330 – Business Challenge 3
Business Challenge is a seven-day summer program that combines high school students, elementary and secondary educators, and college students with successful business professionals to gain valuable knowledge about the free enterprise system. A writing assignment will be required. Pre-requisite: Business Administrations majors must complete all Level 1 courses with a “C” or better. Summer

BADM 336 – Management and Leadership 3
Introduces the student to the field of management and organizational theory. Topics include: leadership, motivation, planning, teamwork, and objective setting. The course will develop a mastery of a body of theory and research findings about organizations and the people within organizations. Pre-requisite: Business Administrations majors must complete all Level 1 courses with a “C” or better. Fall, Spring

BADM 340 – Advertising and Sales Promotion 3
An in-depth investigation of both global and domestic advertising as a vital element of an organization’s marketing strategy. The student will study, research, and prepare all major facets inherent in executing an advertising campaign for a real company. Pre-requisite: BADM 301 – Principles of Marketing. Fall

BADM 346 – Human Resource Management 3
Introduces concepts associated with managing an effective work force: employment, training, compensation, and legal issues. Fall

BADM 356 – Organizational Behavior 3
Emphasizes individual, group and intergroup behavior in organizations. The course utilizes experiential learning methods including role play, exercises, and simulations as a method of teaching interpersonal and managerial skills. Pre-requisite: BADM 336 – Management and Leadership. Fall

BADM 360 – Real Estate Principles 3
Study of principles of real estate property, asset, and brokerage management. Includes the management of real property in a portfolio context for both the individuals and institutional investors, as well as fundamentals of real estate brokerage operations. Fall or Spring

BADM 364 – Electronic Commerce 3
A study of marketing and planning strategies, consumer behavior, legal and regulatory policy issues related to the commercial development of the Internet. Spring

BADM 366 – Entrepreneurship 3
Prepares the student to start a new business; including small business managerial skills such as financing, basic accounting, marketing research and planning, product development, hiring and administering employees, organizational form and tax implications, etc. Students are required to write a complete business plan for a new enterprise. Pre-requisite: BACM 301 – Principles of Marketing. Pre-requisite: Business Administrations majors must complete all Level 1 courses with a “C” or better. Spring

BADM 376 – Production Management 3
Overview of service operations and manufacturing processes including: forecasting, decision models, quality and statistical control, location analysis, layout designs, inventory management, scheduling, and maintenance management. Involves computer based modeling and decision-making. Pre-requisites: Math 305 – Probability and Statistics, BADM 336 – Management and Leadership. Pre-requisite: Business Administrations majors must complete all Level 1 courses with a “C” or better. Fall, Spring

BADM 386 – Retail Management 3
Detailed study of all aspects of managing a retail establishment. Includes financial analysis, marketing research and strategy planning, employee administration, location analysis, and an in-depth study of the current retail environment. Pre-requisites: BADM 301 – Principles of Marketing. Spring

BADM 388 – Management Information Systems 3
The role and applications of information management in organizations. Emphasis on the Internet, systems organization, data warehousing, electronic commerce, current software, and the globalization of information. Pre-requisite: BADM 336 – Management and Leadership. Spring

BADM 455 – International Business 3
A study of the cultural, political, and economic environment of business firms operating globally; the basis for trade and trade policy; balance of payments and currency exchange rate systems; contemporary issues in international business and global economics. Prerequisite: ECON 202 – Principles of Macroeconomics and BADM 336 – Management and Leadership. Business Administrations majors must complete all Level 1 courses with a “C” or better. Fall, Spring

BADM 466 – Marketing Research 3
Marketing Research will expose students to principles of research, design, sampling, data collection, data analysis, and prosperity. It will include actual research projects by student teams.

BADM 485 – Business Policy 3
A capstone course. Analyzes business and its environment today. Emphasis is placed on the development and execution of strategy. Decision making skills are developed through the use of the case method. Pre-requisites: Senior standing and accounting or business administration major. BADM 326 – Managerial Finance or permission of the instructor or department chair. Business Administrations majors must complete all Level 1 courses with a “C” or better. Fall, Spring

BADM 291, 491 – Business Administration Seminar 1-6
This course is designed for the exploration of specific topics which are not covered in regularly scheduled course work.

BADM 292, 492 – Experimental Course 1-4
A unique class, designed by the instructor and/or department, not currently listed in the University catalog. An experimental course may be offered for a maximum of two semesters. After that time, the course must be either assigned an appropriate, permanent course number and formally listed in the University catalog, or its usage must be discontinued.

BADM 293, 493 – Peer Tutoring 1-6
Students may earn credits by tutoring. Tutors are needed every semester in almost all academic areas. Interested students should contact Student Support Services. (Maximum eight credits may be applied to graduation.)

BADM 294, 494 – Independent Study, Undergraduate Research 1-6
INDEPENDENT STUDY: An individualized study not listed as a regular course in the University catalog. Content, etc., to be determined by instructor and student. Requires approval by department chair.
UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCH: Research topic must be approved prior to registration by instructor. Written analysis of research activities required at end of semester. Requires approval by department chair.

BADM 295, 495 – Service Learning 1-6
Credit may be granted for certain extra-curricular activities for which there is a direct connection and correlation between the activity and the academic objectives of a specific course in the University catalog. The appropriateness of the activity and subsequently awarding of academic credit will be at the discretion of the appropriate departmental chair.

BADM 296, 496 – Study Tours 1-6
Provides students the opportunity to make an extensive trip to a location either inside or outside the United States, which will subsequently provide the student with life experiences that relate directly to a specific academic discipline. Not available in all departments. Available at departmental and discipline discretion only.

BADM 297, 497 – Business Internship, Externship, Cooperative Education 1-6
Student will be placed in an off-campus company or agency which will provide the student with specific activities what will demonstrate the correlation between academic study and an actual work experience. The number of credits will be determined by the length of the internship and the hours worked. Students may take up to twelve semester hours, receiving a maximum of three semester hour credits in the Business Administration major. Pre-requisites: Must be a Junior/senior business student. Student Internship Application approval by department chair is required. Business Administrations majors must complete all Level 1 courses with a “C” or better.. Fall, Spring, Summer

BADM 299, 499 – Special Topics, Readings 1-6
SPECIAL TOPICS: A uniquely-designed advanced topics course within a specific discipline. Course content and other related academic requirements to be determined by the instructor. Requires approval by department chair.
READINGS: Readings in educational and various specific professional publications and journals related to a specific academic discipline. Requires approval by department chair.