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BUSACC	0030	Financial Accounting
BUSACC	0040	Managerial Accounting

Required Accounting Major Courses (22 credits)

Courses are offered on a rotating basis.

BUSACC	1204	Intermediate Financial Reporting 1
BUSACC	1205	Intermediate Financial Reporting 2
BUSACC	1216	Advanced Financial Accounting
BUSACC	1221	Strategic Cost Management
BUSACC	1236	Accounting Information Systems
BUSACC	1238	Auditing
BUSACC	1241	Tax Accounting (4 credits)

Accounting Electives

BUSACC	1210	Financial Statement Analysis
BUSACC	1296	Accounting Internship (requires CBA approval)
BUSACC	1298	Accounting Independent Study (requires CBA approval)

Students preparing for the Certified Public Accounting (CPA) exam are strongly encouraged to consider taking BUSACC 1210 Financial Statement Analysis and BUSENV 1760 Business Law.

Finance

The major in finance is designed to provide students with the financial knowledge and skills required for a successful business career. It attempts to give students a thorough understanding of the theoretical financial principles and the practical implementation of these principles in the world of business. Students learn how financial markets operate and how to make effective investment and financial decisions. The major is designed to develop analytical skills and problem-solving abilities.

Finance knowledge and practice have become crucial for the success of corporations and of the individuals employed by them. Financial markets are the major conduits through which investments are channeled in the global marketplace. Understanding these markets and how to make investment decisions are crucial for success in business.

In addition to the BSBA core course, BUSFIN 1030 Introduction to Finance, at least 15 credits in finance course work are required for the finance major.

BSBA Core Course in Finance

This course must be completed with a C or better to take additional finance courses:

BUSFIN

1030

Introduction to Finance

Required Finance Major Courses

BUSFIN	1311	Corporate Finance
BUSFIN	1321	Investment Management

Finance Electives

Courses are offered on a rotating basis.
(A minimum of three courses must be taken.)

BUSFIN	1316	Advanced Corporate Finance
BUSFIN	1326	Efficiency of Capital Markets
BUSFIN	1327	Futures and Options
BUSFIN	1328	Capital Markets
BUSFIN	1331	Financial Institutions and Markets
BUSFIN	1341	International Finance
BUSFIN	1345	Markets and Trading
BUSFIN	1351	Financial Modeling
BUSFIN	1390	Finance Internship (requires CBA approval)
BUSFIN	1395	Finance Independent Study (requires CBA approval)

General Management

The major in general management provides students with interests in more than one discipline with the flexibility to concentrate their elective course work in two areas. Course work in the areas noted below may be used for the general management major. Courses with significant international content are offered in several areas. Students with international business interests should also consider a study abroad program.

The core courses in the two focused areas of study must be completed with a C or better to take additional courses in those areas. Courses are offered on a rotating basis.

Accounting

BUSACC	1204	Intermediate Financial Reporting 1
BUSACC	1205	Intermediate Financial Reporting 2
BUSACC	1210	Financial Statement Analysis
BUSACC	1216	Advanced Financial Accounting
BUSACC	1221	Strategic Cost Management
BUSACC	1236	Accounting Information Systems
BUSACC	1238	Auditing
BUSACC	1241	Tax Accounting
BUSACC	1296	Accounting Internship (requires CBA approval)
BUSACC	1298	Accounting Independent Study (requires CBA approval)

Finance

BUSFIN	1311	Corporate Finance
BUSFIN	1316	Advanced Corporate Finance
BUSFIN	1321	Investment Management
BUSFIN	1326	Efficiency of Capital Markets
BUSFIN	1327	Futures and Options
BUSFIN	1328	Capital Markets
BUSFIN	1331	Financial Institutions and Markets
BUSFIN	1341	International Finance
BUSFIN	1345	Markets and Trading
BUSFIN	1351	Financial Modeling
BUSFIN	1390	Finance Internship (requires CBA approval)
BUSFIN	1395	Finance Independent Study (requires CBA approval)

Human Resources Management

BUSHRM	1665	Negotiating in Business
BUSHRM	1675	Human Resources Staffing
BUSHRM	1680	Compensation and Performance Management
BUSHRM	1685	Employment and Labor Relations
BUSHRM	1690	Human Resources Management Internship (requires CBA approval)
BUSHRM	1695	Human Resources Management Independent Study (requires CBA approval)

Management Information Systems

BUSMIS	1600	Technology Enabled Business Transformation
BUSMIS	1605	Database Management
BUSMIS	1610	Telecommunications Management
BUSMIS	1615	Management Information Systems Internship (requires CBA approval)
BUSMIS	1620	Management Information Systems Independent Study (requires CBA approval)
BUSMIS	1625	Electronic Commerce
BUSMIS	1630	Project Management

Marketing

BUSMKT	1411	Marketing Research
BUSMKT	1422	Principles of Selling
BUSMKT	1425	Sales Force Management
BUSMKT	1426	Advertising and Sales Promotion
BUSMKT	1427	Public Relations Management
BUSMKT	1431	Product Development and Management
BUSMKT	1441	Consumer Behavior
BUSMKT	1451	Retail Management
BUSMKT	1455	Pricing Strategies and Tactics
BUSMKT	1461	International Marketing
BUSMKT	1481	Brand Management
BUSMKT	1485	Projects in Marketing
BUSMKT	1490	Marketing Internship (requires CBA approval)
BUSMKT	1495	Marketing Independent Study (requires CBA approval)

Organizational Behavior

BUSORG	1650	Issues in Career Management
BUSORG	1655	International Dimensions of Organizational Behavior
BUSORG	1660	Women and Men at Work
BUSORG	1670	Organizational Behavior Independent Study (requires CBA approval)

Global Management

The global management major enables students to develop expertise in important dimensions of management in a global context. The GM major requires six courses exposing students to the management of people (International Dimensions of Organizational Behavior, Global Workforce Policy), process (Managing Global Supply Chains), and policy (International Economic Issues for Managers; Global Strategy and Competitive Advantage), plus an integrative, senior-level course, focusing on either a company project or a major global industry. We see these three dimensions as intertwined and mutually critical for those who seek to add value to the management function of today's organizations and the firms of tomorrow. To the core understanding of a traditional management foundation, we add knowledge of a second language at the conversational level with the goal of preparing students to conduct business in a second language.

A student is not permitted to earn both a Global Management major and a Certificate in International Business.

 

Required Global Management Major Courses

Earn a minimum grade of C (2.00) in each of the following prerequisites to GLM courses:

BUSORG	1020	Organizational Behavior
ECON	0100	Introduction to Microeconomic Theory
ECON	0110	Introduction to Macroeconomic Theory
BUSHRM	1050	Human Resources Management
BUSQOM	1070	Operations Management
BUSSPP	1080	Strategic Management

Global management majors must successfully complete the following courses with a C- or better in each course and a cumulative grade point average of 2.25.

BUSORG	1655	International Dimensions of Organizational Behavior
BUSECN	1508	Key International Economic issues for Managers
BUSHRM	1670	Global Workforce Management & Change
BUSQOM	1730	Managing Global Supply Chains
BUSSPP	1740	Global Strategy and Competitive Advantage
BUSSPP	1745	Integrative Global Management Seminar

Global management majors must also earn a minimum GPA of 2.25 in 9 credits of foreign language beyond Level II or 6 credits of language beyond Level II plus 3 credits of a course specific to the region in which the language is widely spoken.

Complete a study abroad experience of at least four weeks in a foreign-based educational or work experience, preferably one making active use of a student's foreign language training.With permission, up to 6 credits of the major area courses may be taken abroad as part of a semester study outside of the U.S. Permission will be based on examination of all course material.

BUSMKT

1040

Introduction to Marketing

Required Marketing Major Courses

BUSMKT	1411	Marketing Research
BUSMKT	1441	Consumer Behavior

Marketing Electives

Courses are offered on a rotating basis.
(A minimum of four courses must be taken.)

BUSMKT	1422	Principles of Selling
BUSMKT	1425	Sales Force Management
BUSMKT	1426	Advertising and Sales Promotion
BUSMKT	1427	Public Relations Management
BUSMKT	1431	Product Development and Management
BUSMKT	1451	Retail Management
BUSMKT	1461	International Marketing
BUSMKT	1481	Brand Management
BUSMKT	1485	Projects in Marketing
BUSMKT	1490	Marketing Internship (requires CBA approval)
BUSMKT	1495	Marketing Independent Study (requires CBA approval)
BUSQOM	1730	Managing Global Supply Chains

College of Business Administration Course Offerings

These are the courses offered by the College of Business Administration.

BUSINESS

BUS	0001	CBA Orientation
BUS	1900	Business Internship
BUS	1901	Independent Study
BUS	1904	CBA Full-Time Internship
BUS	1906	Career Exploration Internship

ACCOUNTING

BUSACC	0030	Financial Accounting
BUSACC	0040	Managerial Accounting
BUSACC	1204	Intermediate Financial Reporting 1
BUSACC	1205	Intermediate Financial Reporting 2
BUSACC	1210	Financial Statement Analysis
BUSACC	1216	Advanced Financial Accounting
BUSACC	1221	Strategic Cost Management
BUSACC	1236	Accounting Information Systems
BUSACC	1238	Auditing
BUSACC	1241	Tax Accounting
BUSACC	1296	Accounting Internship
BUSACC	1298	Accounting Independent Study

BUSINESS ECONOMICS

BUSECN	1010	Business Economics
BUSECN	1508	Key Issues in International Economics for Managers

BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT

BUSENV	0060	Managerial Ethics and Stakeholder Management
BUSENV	1701	Ethical Leadership Fundamentals
BUSENV	1750	Leadership and Ethics Internship
BUSENV	1755	Service Learning in Organizations
BUSENV	1760	Business Law
BUSENV	1765	Leadership in the Social Environment
BUSENV	1770	Business Environment Independent Study
BUSENV	1775	CPLE/Capstone Seminar

FINANCE

BUSFIN	1030	Introduction to Finance
BUSFIN	1311	Corporate Finance
BUSFIN	1316	Advanced Corporate Finance
BUSFIN	1321	Investment Management
BUSFIN	1326	Efficiency of Capital Markets
BUSFIN	1327	Futures and Options
BUSFIN	1328	Capital Markets
BUSFIN	1331	Financial Institutions and Markets
BUSFIN	1341	International Finance
BUSFIN	1345	Markets and Trading
BUSFIN	1351	Financial Modeling
BUSFIN	1390	Finance Internship
BUSFIN	1395	Finance Independent Study

HUMAN RESOURCES MANAGEMENT

BUSHRM	1050	Human Resources Management
BUSHRM	1665	Negotiating in Business
BUSHRM	1675	Human Resources Staffing
BUSHRM	1680	Compensation and Performance Management
BUSHRM	1685	Employment and Labor Relations
BUSHRM	1690	Human Resources Management Internship
BUSHRM	1695	Human Resources Management Independent Study

MANAGEMENT INFORMATION SYSTEMS

BUSMIS	1060	Introduction to Information Systems
BUSMIS	1600	Technology Enabled Business Transformation
BUSMIS	1605	Database Management
BUSMIS	1610	Telecommunications Management
BUSMIS	1615	Management Information Systems Internship
BUSMIS	1620	Management Information Systems Independent Study
BUSMIS	1625	Electronic Commerce
BUSMIS	1630	Project Management

MARKETING

BUSMKT	1040	Introduction to Marketing
BUSMKT	1411	Marketing Research
BUSMKT	1422	Principles of Selling
BUSMKT	1425	Sales Force Management
BUSMKT	1426	Advertising and Sales Promotion
BUSMKT	1427	Public Relations Management
BUSMKT	1431	Product Development and Management
BUSMKT	1441	Consumer Behavior
BUSMKT	1451	Retail Management
BUSMKT	1461	International Marketing
BUSMKT	1481	Brand Management
BUSMKT	1485	Projects in Marketing
BUSMKT	1490	Marketing Internship
BUSMKT	1495	Marketing Independent Study

ORGANIZATIONAL BEHAVIOR

BUSORG	1020	Organizational Behavior
BUSORG	1101	Fundamentals of Business Communication
BUSORG	1650	Issues in Career Management
BUSORG	1655	International Dimensions of Organizational Behavior
BUSORG	1660	Women and Men at Work
BUSORG	1670	Organizational Behavior Independent Study

QUANTITATIVE METHODS

BUSQOM	0050	Quantitative Methods
BUSQOM	1070	Operations Management
BUSQOM	1715	Operations Management Independent Study
BUSQOM	1720	Operations Management Internship
BUSQOM	1730	Managing Global Supply Chains

STRATEGIC PLANNING AND POLICY

BUSSPP	0020	Managing in Complex Environments
BUSSPP	0036	MCE+3: International Field Project—Germany
BUSSPP	0037	MCE+3: International Field Project—Chile
BUSSPP	0038	MCE+3: International Field Project—China
BUSSPP	0040	MCE+3: International Field Project—Brazil
BUSSPP	1080	Strategic Management
BUSSPP	1790	Strategic Management Internship
BUSSPP	1795	Strategic Management Independent Study

BUSINESS SERVICE

Business service (BUSERV) courses are offered for nonbusiness students.

BUSERV	1910	Introduction to Business
BUSERV	1915	Introduction to Management
BUSERV	1920	Financial Accounting
BUSERV	1925	Cost Accounting
BUSERV	1940	Marketing Fundamentals
BUSERV	1955	Principles of Selling
BUSERV	1980	The Legal Environment of Business
BUSERV	1985	Small Business Management

THE JOSEPH M. KATZ GRADUATE SCHOOL OF BUSINESS/COLLEGE OF BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION FACULTY

BRADLEY R. AGLE, Associate Professor of Business Administration, PhD, University of Washington

OYA ALTINKILIC, Assistant Professor of Business Administration, PhD, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

ROBERT S. ATKIN, Associate Professor of Business Administration, PhD, University of Pittsburgh

JACOB G. BIRNBERG, Robert W. Murphy Jr. Professor of Management Control Systems, PhD, University of Minnesota

ANDREW R. BLAIR, Professor of Business Administration, PhD, Fordham University

BRIAN BUTLER, Assistant Professor of Business Administration, PhD, Graduate School of Industrial Administration, Carnegie Mellon University

JOHN C. CAMILLUS, Donald R. Beall Professor of Strategic Management, DBA, Harvard University

MADELEINE J. CARLIN, Associate Professor of Business Administration, MBA, Temple University

RABIKAR CHATTERJEE, Professor of Business Administration, PhD, Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania

JAMES A. CRAFT, Professor of Business Administration, PhD, University of California at Berkeley

JOHN H. EVANS III, Professor of Business Administration, PhD, Carnegie Mellon University

LAWRENCE F. FEICK, Professor of Business Administration, PhD, Pennsylvania State University

GARY W. FLORKOWSKI, Associate Professor of Business Administration, PhD, Syracuse University

DANIEL S. FOGEL, Professor of Business Administration, PhD, University of Wisconsin

RICHARD FRANKLIN, Assistant Professor of Business Administration, MSIS, University of Pittsburgh; MFA, Music, Carnegie Mellon University

DENNIS F. GALLETTA, Associate Professor of Business Administration, PhD, University of Minnesota

ESTHER GAL-OR, Glen Stinson Chair in Competitiveness, Professor of Business Administration and Economics, PhD, Northwestern University

ROBERT GILBERT, Assistant Professor of Business Administration, PhD, University of Pittsburgh

PETER GRAY, Assistant Professor of Business Administration, PhD, Queen’s University

GAJANAN G. HEGDE, Associate Professor of Business Administration, PhD, University of Rochester

VICKY B. HOFFMAN, Associate Professor of Business Administration, PhD, University of Michigan

JOHN HULLAND, Associate Professor of Business Administration, PhD, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

J. JEFFREY INMAN, Thomas Marshall Chair in Marketing, Professor of Business Administration, PhD, University of Texas at Austin

FOLKE KAFKA, Associate Professor of Business Administration, PhD, University of Pittsburgh

KATHLEEN KAHLE, Assistant Professor of Business Administration, PhD, Ohio State University

CHRIS KEMERER, David Roderick Professor of Information Systems, PhD, Carnegie Mellon University

WILLIAM R. KING, Professor of Business Administration, University Professor, PhD, Case Western Reserve University

DARIA C. KIRBY, Assistant Professor of Business Administration, PhD, University of Michigan

LAURIE J. KIRSCH, Associate Professor of Business Administration, PhD, University of Minnesota

CARRIE R. LEANA, Professor of Business Administration, PhD, University of Houston

KENNETH M. LEHN, Samuel A. McCullough Professor of Finance, PhD, Washington University

ALLAN MacQUARRIE, Assistant Professor of Business Administration, PhD, Pennsylvania State University

RAVINDRANATH MADHAVAN, Associate Professor of Business Administration, PhD, University of Pittsburgh

GERSHON N. MANDELKER, Katz Alumni Chair in Finance, Professor of Business Administration, PhD, University of Chicago

MARICK MASTERS, Professor of Business Administration, PhD, University of Illinois

JERROLD H. MAY, Professor of Business Administration and Intelligent Systems, PhD, Yale University

SUSAN K. McEVILY, Assistant Professor of Business Administration, PhD, University of Minnesota

PRAKASH MIRCHANDANI, Professor of Business Administration, PhD, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

BARRY M. MITNICK, Professor of Business Administration, PhD, University of Pennsylvania

VIKAS MITTAL, Associate Professor of Business Administration, PhD, Temple University

DONALD V. MOSER, Professor of Business Administration, PhD, University of Wisconsin at Madison

AUDREY J. MURRELL, Associate Professor of Business Administration and Psychology, PhD, University of Delaware

ROBERT NACHTMANN, Executive Associate Dean, Professor of Business Administration, PhD, University of Indiana

NANDU J. NAGARAJAN, Professor of Business Administration, PhD, Northwestern University

DUNG NGUYEN, Associate Professor of Business Administration, PhD, University of Maryland

JOSEPHINE E. OLSON, Professor of Business Administration and Economics, PhD, Brown University

EDWARD J. PALASCAK, Associate Dean, Lecturer in Business Administration, PhD, University of Pittsburgh

G. RICHARD PATTON, Associate Professor of Business Administration, PhD, Purdue University

JAMES M. PATTON, Professor of Business Administration, PhD, Washington University

FRITS PIL, Assistant Professor of Business Administration, Research Scientist, PhD, Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania

PREM PRAKASH, Professor of Business Administration, PhD, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

JOHN E. PRESCOTT, Professor of Business Administration, PhD, Pennsylvania State University

THOMAS L. SAATY, Professor of Business Administration, University Professor, PhD, Yale University

AKIN SAYRAK, Assistant Professor of Business Administration, PhD, University of Texas at Austin

FREDERIK SCHLINGEMANN, Assistant Professor of Business Administration, PhD, Ohio State University

JENNIFER SHIOU-CHEN SHANG, Associate Professor of Business Administration, PhD, University of Texas at Austin

KULDEEP SHASTRI, Roger S. Ahlbrandt Chair of Finance, Professor of Business Administration, PhD, University of California at Los Angeles

JAY SUKITS, Assitant Professor of Business Administration, MBA, Harvard University

DENNIS P. SLEVIN, Professor of Business Administration, PhD, Stanford University

DHINU SRINIVASAN, Assistant Professor of Business Administration, PhD, University of Minnesota

VANITHA SWAMINATHAN, Assistant Professor of Business Administration, PhD, University of Georgia

PANDU TADIKAMALLA, Professor of Business Administration, PhD, University of Iowa

SHAWN THOMAS, Assistant Professor of Business Administration, PhD, University of Florida

LUIS G. VARGAS, Professor of Business Administration, PhD, University of Pennsylvania

R. VENKATESH, Assistant Professor of Business Administration, PhD, University of Texas at Austin

RICHARD E. WENDELL, Professor of Business Administration, PhD, Northwestern University

FREDERICK W. WINTER, Dean, Joseph M. Katz Graduate School of Business/College of Business Administration; Professor of Business Administration, PhD, Purdue University

H.J. ZOFFER, Professor of Business Administration, Dean Emeritus, PhD, University of Pittsburgh

CHAD ZUTTER, Assistant Professor of Business Administration, PhD, Indiana University