Business Minor Course Descriptions
BA 201 Accounting I
An introduction to accounting dealing mainly with financial accounting. A textbook, working papers, use of computers with spreadsheet programs, and an extensive amount of homework are required. Students will be introduced to the use of computerized spreadsheets and upon finishing the course should be able to set up and operate an accounting system for a small business. Required of all business majors; usually taken in the sophomore year.
Prerequisite: None; sophomore standing recommended.
BA 212 Management and Leadership in Organizations
An introduction to management and leadership theory and applications. Main topics include the differences between management and leadership, basic managerial functions, approaches to management and leadership, motivational strategies, organizational structure, management of technology and goods, time and stress management, international management issues, and organizational change. Emphases on social responsibility and ethical decision making are integrated throughout the course.
ECO 201 Microeconomics
Students study the foundation of the economic and business world. Students explore what is behind choices made by individuals as consumers, producers, employees, voters, husbands and wives, fathers and mothers, etc., learning how individuals allocate their resources across the choices they face. This leads to the basic models of demand and supply in the market, the primary focus of the course. We also study how alternative market institutions influence choices made and economic efficiency. International and environmental dimensions and consequences of choices are integrated throughout the course.
Triad: Social Science
MAT 141 Statistics
The course teaches how to analyze data, design and carry out statistical studies, and understand/evaluate statistical studies in students' own fields of interest. Topics include graphical displays of data, probability distributions, correlation/regression, experimental design, and statistical inference. Statistical calculators and computer software are introduced and used extensively.
Triad: Mathematics Prerequisite: Two years of high school algebra.
Plus 12 credits of additional Business or Economic courses, as approved by the student's advisor and the Department Chair. Minimum of 28 hours.