Business Administration

Business Administration 2101 (formerly 0100): Professional Development Strategies
1 credit hours

Prerequisite: Special authorization is required for all students who are not enrolled in the Fox School of Business

Prepare students to enter the internship and permanent job marketplace. Emphasis on career planning, interview preparation (including behavioral event interviewing), expected behaviors and legal issues. Presentation and writing skills will be included.

Note: It is recommended that all FSBM students take this course as soon as they have completed 45 credit hours.

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Business Administration 3101: Business Communications
3 credit hours

Prerequisite: Successful completion of English 1002 or English 0802/0812/0902 (Analytical Reading & Writing), IH 1196/1297 or Mosaic 0851/0852, HR MGMT 1101.

Business Communications is a workplace-oriented course designed to help students develop and refine the written and oral skills necessary to communicate effectively in a business environment. As such, this class will introduce students to basic diction, written formats, and communication expectations of the workplace, with a particular emphasis on the planning, composing, and evaluating of written communication (specifically regarding letters, memoranda, and reports), the preparation and delivery of oral presentations, and participation in group work.

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Business Administration 3102 (formerly 0215): Business Society and Ethics
3 credit hours

This course challenges students to consider the ethical obligations of corporations and their employees to a wide variety of societal stakeholders. Students are exposed to a broad range of ethical dilemmas that can arise in the business world and are offered the tools and taught the skills to respond to such dilemmas. Most significantly, the course encourages students to critically examine a preeminent societal institution of which they are a part, with the possibility that they can ultimately be forces for positive change.

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Business Administration 3103: Integrative Business Applications
3 credit hours

Prerequisite: Successful completion of HR MGMT 1101, Law 1001, Accounting 2101 and 2102, MIS 2101, Marketing 2101, RSK MGT 2101, Finance 3101, Statistics 1102, Statistics 2101 and 2102 or 2103, and MSOM 3101.

This course integrates various functional business disciplines to help the student develop an understanding of business practices. Students will learn to view organizations as integrated systems based on the knowledge accumulated to date in the BBA Core and provide students with an opportunity to address problems faced by organizations from an integrated perspective. This course will bridge the gap between theoretical class work and business practice.

Note: Students will use business simulation software to allow them to test alternative ways to operate a business in a competitive environment.

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Business Administration 4196 (formerly W361): Global Business Policies
3 credit hours

Prerequisite: Restricted to graduating seniors in their final semester. All lower and upper division core requirements must be successfully completed before registering for BUS ADM 4196.

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

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