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LA 2138 - History of Western Civilization I
A survey of the developments of western societies and ideologies from the origins of civilization in the ancient Near East to the mid-seventeenth century.
Prerequisite(s):
3 hours Lecture and Discussion
3 credits
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LA 2224 - Pennsylvania History and Government
Surveys political, social and cultural developments in the Commonwealth from Penn’s Charter until the present day, with special consideration of the role of Bucks County. Students will be required to participate in fieldwork at Delaware Valley College’s Roth Farm and Living Museum.
3 hours Lecture and Discussion
3 credits
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LA 2225 - African American History
This course is a survey of African-American history from its colonial beginnings to the present day. We will study and analyze such topics as the African origins and cultural traditions of African-Americans, the “Middle Passage,” the development of plantation slavery, the impact of the American Revolution on African-American life, and the emancipation of slavery in the post-Revolutionary North and the subsequent development of free black communities. Additionally, we will address and explore antebellum slave culture and slave resistance in the South, the abolitionist movement, and African-American political and military participation during the Civil War and Reconstruction eras. Finally, this course will provide a framework for understanding the modern African-American experience by looking at African-American history from the late 19th century to the current day, by examining the advent of the Jim Crow South, African-American northern and southern laborers during the industrial revolution, “The Great Migration,” the early to mid-twentieth century fight for political, economic, and civil rights (AKA the Booker T. Washington vs. W.E.B. Du Bois debates), the Harlem Renaissance, and the modern Civil Rights and Black Power Movements. Other significant themes, such as analyzing African-American history during WWI, WWII and Vietnam will also be explored, as will major issues confronting African-Americans and African-American communities from the 1970’s to the present day, including urbanization, housing, voting rights, economics, politics and culture. - 3 Hours Lecture.
3 Hours Lecture
3 Credits
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LA 2228 - Introduction to Ethnomusicology
This course will introduce students to the discipline of ethnomusicology. The course will focus on issues related to how and why people make music and what these musical traditions can teach us about a society. Students will be introduced to tools used in ethnographic research and will conduct fieldwork assignments where they are given the opportunity to apply these principles - 3 Hours Lecture.
3 Hours Lecture
3 Credits
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LA 3008 - Student Government
Students receive 1/2 credit on a pass/fail basis for active participation in the activities of student government. They include, but are not limited to, maintaining an office for a class year or on Student Government itself, serving on committees like SAC, being an officer in a club and representing that club in Student Government. A short paper is required each semester for students in the Student Government Board who desire credit. To receive credit, students must sign up for it at the Registrar’s Office.
1/2 credit
Graded Pass/Fail
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LA 3022 - Acting I
This course provides students with a safe and respectful atmosphere in which to explore the actor’s craft. The student not only learns how to act but how to use acting in common situations.
3 hours Lecture and Laboratory
3 credits
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LA 3024 - Acting II
This course prepares the student for specific roles. The actors will be matched to parts for which they seem most suitable and will learn how to break down a role emotionally and physically. By the end of the course they will prepared to begin rehearsals for a production.
Prerequisite(s): LA 3022 - Acting I or equivalent experience.
3 hours Lecture and Laboratory
3 credits
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LA 3025 - Acting III
This course leads the actor through the production process. There is a step by step plan in which the actor is moved from rehearsal through performance in some of America’s great plays. The plays will be chosen to suit the student’s abilities.
Prerequisite(s): LA 3024 - Acting II .
3 hours Lecture and Laboratory
3 credits
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LA 3031 - American History and Government to 1877
A survey of political, social, and cultural developments from colonial times through the period of Reconstruction.
3 hours Lecture
3 credits
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LA 3039 - Policy Studies Methods
This course provides an overview of the study of public policy by exploring different approaches to policy analysis. Students will gain an understanding of how policy research is conducted as well as how policy recommendations are formulated. Emphasis is on qualitative analytical methods. Students will conduct their own primary source-based research and present their findings to the class. -3 Hours Lecture.
3 Hours Lecture
3 Credits
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LA 3040 - Introduction to Public History
This class will introduce students to the field of public history, and many of its core components, including examining how public historians: administer and/or construct educational exhibits for historic houses, museums, or sites; write up proposals to nominate sites to receive either state markers or national registry of historic places designations (or are involved in the process of creating other monuments or memorials dedicated to historic figures, significant locales or buildings, and important events); create walking tours of historic sites (that may or may not include adding historic signage) and/or creating digital links for the public’s ability to access history; become involved in the process of policy decisions that affect a community, such as issues surrounding historic preservation or rural and urban development. -3 Hours Lecture.
3 Hours Lecture
3 Credits
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LA 3040 - Introduction to Public History
This class will introduce students to the field of public history, and many of its core components, including examining how public historians: administer and/or construct educational exhibits for historic houses, museums, or sites; write up proposals to nominate sites to receive either state markers or national registry of historic places designations (or are involved in the process of creating other monuments or memorials dedicated to historic figures, significant locales or buildings, and important events); create walking tours of historic sites (that may or may not include adding historic signage) and/or creating digital links for the public’s ability to access history; become involved in the process of policy decisions that affect a community, such as issues surrounding historic preservation or rural and urban development. -3 Hours Lecture.
3 Hours Lecture
3 Credits
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LA 3101 - Cultural Anthropology
This course examines the origins of human culture, with emphasis upon cultural and social organization, the impact and influence of cultural change upon such organization, and the traditions, rituals and relationships that define human civilization.
3 hours Lecture
3 credits
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LA 3131 - Social Science Research Method
3 Hours, 3 Credits
3 Hours
3 Credits
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LA 3132 - Comparative Politics
This course offers a comparative analysis of European, African, Asian, Middle Eastern, and Latin American political systems.
3 hours Lecture
3 credits
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LA 3139 - Introduction to Research
This course is designed to introduce students to the requirements, philosophy, and methods of scientific research. Topics will include: experimental design, scientific methods, grants and funding, communications, searching methodology, ethics, selecting a graduate program, dissection and analysis of research papers, research style, and the administration of research projects.
3 hrs per week
3 credits
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LA 3151 - Studio Art I
Studio Art I is an elementary course in which the student is given the opportunity to find her/himself and the medium through which she/he wants to work. Studio Art II requires the student to express the self through the medium suggested by the instructor. Each course is a prerequisite for the following one.
2 hours Lecture and Practicum
2 credits
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LA 3240 - Political and Cultural Geography
The significance of contemporary world patterns of nations is considered through the interaction of their physical, economic, political, and cultural aspects, with an emphasis upon the interplay between population, migration patterns, language, religion, and political developments.
3 hours Lecture
3 credits
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LA 3241 - Invention and Technology in America
Examines the influence of agricultural, mechanical, technological, and scientific change upon the United States from colonial times to the present. Students will be required to participate in fieldwork at Delaware Valley College’s Roth Farm and Living Museum.
3 hours Lecture
3 credits
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LA 3251 - Studio Art II
Studio Art I is an elementary course in which the student is given the opportunity to find her/himself and the medium through which she/he wants to work. Studio Art II requires the student to express the self through the medium suggested by the instructor. Each course is a prerequisite for the following one.
2 hours Lecture and Practicum
2 credits
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LA 4037 - Non-Western Societies
Non-Western Societies surveys the non-Western cultures and histories of Asia, Africa, and the Middle East, and their nineteenth and twentieth century interactions with the outside world. This course will explore pre-modern origins and enduring traditions of each region, address various independence movements of the twentieth century, and discuss examples of contact with the West, conflicts arising over US-Soviet Cold War competition, terrorism, and the recent challenges to the emerging global economy.
Prerequisite(s): and one of the following: LA 1032 - American History and Government Since 1877 , , , or
3 hours Lecture and Discussion
3 credits
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LA 4038 - Cultural Enrichment
Students are required to attend or participate in 14 cultural events, including concerts and recitals, lectures presented by distinguished authors, visits to museums, art galleries and shows, and theater presentations from among which the student must select a variety. Required for students who entered the College prior to the fall of 2008.
1 credit
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LA 4042 - Introduction to Museums: History andyPractice
Through readings, written assignments, discussions involving museum professionals (directors, curators, designers, conservators, and educators from museums in the greater Bucks, Montgomery and Philadelphia area), and trips to such places, students will gain an understanding of the museum as critically important institutions that both preserve and interpret the past. Finally, the class that will also provide students with insight into how to evaluate programming, exhibits and collections, as well as to construct a sample exhibit of their own. - 3 Hours Lecture.
3 Hours Lecture
3 Credits
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LA 4043 - Memories, Histories, and Identities
This course serves as a requirement for students in the Public History specialization. Through discourse analysis of memoirs, films, museums and public monuments and memorials, this course aims to better understand the complex relationship among the formations of identities, remembering/forgetting and historical writing. - 3 Hours Lecture.
3 Hours Lecture
3 Credits
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LA 4045 - Seminar (Counseling Psychology)
Under faculty direction, students explore topics in psychology. This tutorial approach culminates in the preparation of a paper of considerable length with an oral defense/presentation.
3 hours Lecture
3 credits
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LA 4110 - Critical Issues in World History
Examines global problems in historical perspective across time - war, terrorism, and the threat of war; cultural, racial, ideological, religious, gender, and economic struggles; and the search for peace and order.
3 hours Lecture
3 credits
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LA 4111 - International Political Economy
This course analyzes the development, processes, and institutions of the global political economy, with an emphasis upon the politics and diplomacy of international trade and finance.
3 hours Lecture
3 credits
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LA 4112 - Senior Seminar for Secondary Education
Under faculty direction, students explore topics in any of the following fields: American History, European History, World History, or the History of Science/Agriculture/Technology. This tutorial approach culminates in the preparation of a paper of considerable length with an oral defense/presentation.
3 hours Lecture
3 credits
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LA 4115 - Critical Issues in European History
The course will examine the conceptions of modernity in historical perspectives across time and space, and the fundamental themes and current theories dominating the organizations and interpretations of the European history in modern age. - 3 Hours Lecture.
3 Hours Lecture
3 Credits
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LA 4116 - Critical Issues in American History
Critical Issues in American History allows students to explore important topics and themes in American History in greater detail. The course may be repeated for credit when the content varies. This specific course examines the Civil War, paying attention to the causes of the conflict, the conduct of the war itself, and the impact of the war upon American society. - 3 Hours Lecture.
3 Hours Lecture
3 Credits
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LA 4127 - United States Foreign Policy
The history of American foreign relations concerns, power, profit, security, politics, and ideology. This offering of U.S. diplomatic history, covering selected topics from 1775 to the present, will explore competing interpretations of America’s hot and cold wars, periods of peace, isolation, and intervention.
3 hours Lecture and Discussion
3 credits
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LA 4224 - Cultural Minorities
The social institutions of selected racial, ethnic and religious minorities, as well as the institutional, demographic and social/psychological aspects of inter-group relations, are reviewed.
Prerequisite(s): LA 2012 - Introduction to Sociology .
3 hours Lecture and Discussion
3 credits
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LA 4228 - The American Family
This course traces a history and background of American family patterns that includes the structure, functions, and values of the contemporary family. It also deals with the factors that may result in the disorganization of the family.
3 hours Lecture and Discussion
3 credits
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LA 4243 - Ethics
An introduction to classical and modern logic; major concerns and approaches to ethics are considered, with emphasis on modern ethical problems.
3 hours Lecture and Discussion
3 credits
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SR 4041 - Student Research
This course is designed for students of all majors who are of sophomore status and above with a minimum cumulative GPA of 2.7 and who have a serious desire and potential to undertake a research project. After obtaining the approval of a faculty mentor, students intending to register for Student Research will need to submit a 1-2 page proposal to the Student Research Committee for approval. Proposals should include an abstract, project timeline, budget, and any funding requests. For registration in the fall semester, a proposal should be submitted no later than April 20 and for registration in the spring semester, a proposal should be submitted no later than Nov. 20. Once approved, registration is through the student’s departmental chair. Students, mentors and committee members will meet throughout the semester, with student presentations at the end of the semester.
Contact hours dependent on number of credits registered for this course
1-3 credits
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GB 5050 - Marketing Foundation
3 Hours, 1.5 Credits
3 Hours
1.5 Credits
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GB 5060 - Management Foundation
3 Hours, 1.5 Credits
3 Hours
3 Credits
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GB 5070 - Business Law Foundation
3 Hours, 1.5 Credits
3 Hours
3 Credits
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GB 5080 - Business Ethics Foundation
3 Hours, 1.5 Credits
3 Hours
3 Credits
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GB 5090 - International Business Foundation
3 Hours, 1.5 Credits
3 Hours
3 Credits
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GB 5095 - Information Systems Foundation
3 Hours, 1.5 Credits
3 Hours
3 Credits
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GB 6010 - Managerial Accounting for Decision Makers
A study of interpretation and the use of accounting data for management planning, decision making and control. Topics include product costing, cost allocation, budgeting, variance analysis and performance evaluation methods.
3 credits
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GB 6020 - Advanced Computer Applications
Applications of computer technology to business problems. Advanced applications with statistical software packages, spreadsheets, database management. Topics include programming languages, algorithm development and societal impact. The course will fully integrate the use of statistical software with statistical analysis.
3 credits
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GB 6030 - Financial Management
Examine the fundamental principles of corporate financial management and capital markets. Topics include asset pricing methods, risk management, equity financing, debt financing, dividend policy and the relationship of finance with other functions within the firm, including practical and theoretical methods of financial analysis as part of a system of management decision.
3 credits
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GB 6040 - Marketing Management
A study on business-to-business buyer behavior, marketing segmentation and selection, product planning, pricing, distribution, promotion, buyer-seller interaction, negotiations, competitive bidding, and ethical issues.
3 credits
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GB 6050 - Managerial Economics
Examine the influence of government and other factors on the business environment. Study models of aggregate supply and demand theories of consumption and investment, money supply and demand, inflation, rational expectations, stabilization policy, financial markets and international finance.
3 credits
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GB 6060 - Human Resources Management
This course identifies the role of the human resource manager. The course examines, from a strategic approach, how the human resource functions interact with the EEO laws, job analysis, competency models, recruiting, selection, training, performance appraisal and management, job design, compensation, benefits, and labor relations. The intent of this course is to enable the student to apply human resources management techniques to the business industry.
3 credits
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GB 6070 - Operations Management
A study of the theory and practices of the operations function and its application to productivity in the business areas. Focus is on the quantitative techniques for problem solving and decision making in a variety of strategic and tactical areas of operations management, including total quality management; process design and control, capacity planning, location strategy, materials requirement planning, inventory control, and project management.
3 credits
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GB 6108 - Compensation and Benefits
Application of compensation principles to organizations’ strategies. Focus on managing employee compensation in contemporary organizations. The major objectives are to examine the current state of compensation decision making, to examine how recent theories and research inform compensation decisions and to offer an opportunity to develop competencies in making compensation decisions.
3 credits
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GB 6110 - Strategic Management of Business Enterprises
This course explores the integration of the functional areas of business at the corporate level. Heavy emphasis is on environmental analysis, goal setting, assessing core competencies, choosing a strategic direction, and organizational implementation and control in the context of a respective business operation.
Prerequisite(s): , , and
3 credits
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GB 6111 - Current Issues in Food and Agribusiness
Analysis of current critical practice and research issues in food and agribusiness, agri-food systems, food systems, global, competitiveness, sustainable agriculture, agribusiness ethics, new food and agribusiness ventures, cooperatives, farm management firms, agribusiness multinationals, innovation change, etc. The course will use case study analysis and problem solving to analyze the efforts of critical practices on the food and agribusiness industry.
3 credits
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GB 6112 - Food and Agribusiness Marketing
An analysis of agricultural marketing systems focusing on their structure, pricing and coordination mechanisms, and performance. Case studies will be used involving decision making, using marketing tools from previous courses.
3 credits
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GB 6113 - Management of Food and Agribusiness Delivery Systems
This course will deal with the economically efficient distribution of goods and services from their points of creation to the customers. Topics will include strategic decisions such as aggregate distribution plans and warehouse location, as well as operational decisions including the delivery routes and dispatching.
3 credits
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GB 6114 - Food and Agribusiness Price Analysis
A study of the applications of price and demand theories to agricultural market analysis. Topics include agricultural product supply and input demand, uncertainty and risk, expectations, and supply dynamics.
3 credits
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GB 6115 - Topics of International Food and Agribusiness
An analysis of government policies and programs which develop agriculture, conserve agricultural resources, address consumer food concerns, stabilize prices and increase income levels. The influence of macro-policy, world economy and international trade on U. S. agriculture is also discussed.
3 credits
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GB 6122 - Entrepreneurship
This course examines the nature of entrepreneurship. This course will focus on all the aspects of starting a new business. Topics include attributes of entrepreneurship and entrepreneurial careers, evaluating opportunities, writing business plans and financing the new venture.
3 credits
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GB 6161 - Global Human Resources and Diversity
This course is intended to familiarize the students with the latest global trends and human resource management and multinational corporations with differing cultures, HR systems and policies. Management across borders requires global managerial staffing and cross-cultural decision making.
3 credits
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GB 6183 - Sales/Sales Management
Sales/Sales Management
3 Hours Lecture
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GB 6210 - Contemporary Business Issues
This course is designed to provide a forum for decision, reflection, and examination of contemporary business issues. Global business, legal systems, and social issues, quality, and the internet are a few examples of the topical areas that are covered in this course.
3 credits
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GB 6211 - Business Ethics
This course explores the ethical gray areas of contemporary business practices and develops skills in moral judgment dialogical framework for ethical decision-making. Emphasis will be placed on the student’s self-assessment of core values, experiences and assumptions.
3 credits
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GB 6212 - Leadership
Leadership is influencing people by providing purpose, direction and motivation, while operating to accomplish the mission and improving the organization. The goal of this course is to help students develop their own leadership skills. This course examines the role of leaders, leadership, and management, power and influence, leadership styles, cultural dimensions of leadership, and leadership and strategic effectiveness.
3 credits
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GB 6213 - International Business and Economics
International Business and Economics reflects the changes in trade law, including the international aspects of intellectual property, and other new cases reflecting the ongoing evolution of the world economy. This course includes new U.S. case law, and discusses new international regimes such as the anti-bribery convention and the Financial Action Task Force. Additionally, coverage of the emerging jurisprudence of NAFTA and the WTO is included.
3 credits
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GB 6214 - Graduate Study Tour
The course offers an in-depth, inter-country examination of major business centers and industries throughout the world including the United States. The study tour includes numerous corporate and institutional visits allowing for firsthand exploration of business issues. Cultural, political, legal, regulatory, and social issues are also examined. The study tour travel component is one week.
3 credits
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GB 6215 - Corporate Governance
Corporate Governance as a subject matter recognizes that good governance practices are essential in raising capital in the competitive global environment. This course focuses on understanding how differences in capital markets, ownership structures, and legal traditions affect the optimal design of financial contracts. Moreover, this course will examine potential conflicts between shareholders and other corporate constituents. This course will explore and evaluate the legal, economic, and financial framework of corporate governance. The design of this course will provide students with a comprehensive understanding of the current role and responsibilities of corporate directors, officers, and managers in the wake of recent legislation designed to provide the public with a more “transparent” view of how corporations conduct business. Additionally, this course will investigate the changing nature of the relationships between the various constituencies that compose the corporate environment. Finally, this course will expose students to international corporate governance and discuss the reasons for the recent failures of corporate governance.
3 credits
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GB 6216 - Global Executive Leadership
This course uses strategy as its unifying theme to explore the global economy and the impact of managerial decisions. By examining comparative management issues thoroughly, this course discusses the strengths and weaknesses of competitors and how to adapt organizational practices. Also covered are: the key topics of formation and implementation of strategies in the global environment, the building of strategic alliances, negotiation and cross-cultural communication, international human resource management, and business ethics.
3 credits
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GB 6217 - Transportation and Distribution
This course will offer a broad overview of transportation and distribution systems including the activities of transportation and supply chain systems, such as transportation network design, scheduling, routing, contracting, and pricing.
3 credits
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GB 6219 - Entrepreneurial Finance
This course will inform the students of the relevant matters in the creation and financing of an entrepreneurial venture. The course will focus on all financial aspects facing the entrepreneur in today’s economic environment. Topics include attributes and sources of capital to finance entrepreneurial ventures ranging from “friends, family and fools,” angel investors, venture capital, debt financing and grant funding.
3 credits
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GB 6225 - Supply Chain Management
This course is an introduction to the supply chain concept and will explore the management of supply chains to improve an organization’s overall supply efficiency. Topics covered include core logistics functions, cost integration, and relationships with suppliers, customers, and other firm functions such as manufacturing and finance.
3 credits
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GB 6227 - Global Supply Chain Management
As companies are beginning to recognize that managing their businesses through functional silos is inappropriate in a challenging and complex global marketplace, there is an urgent need for a decision-making framework. This course attempts to provide such a framework by integrating operations and supply chain concepts to address the critical issue of managing flow of products, services, and information. This course will provide an overview of the concepts and decision processes in effectively managing the flow of goods, services and information in a global environment.
3 credits
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GB 6230 - Family as Entrepreneurs
The objective of the course is to familiarize students with some of the unique issues faced by owners of entrepreneurial and family businesses. Examples of topics covered include: selection of business form, tax planning, financing and cash flow planning. Special problems of family businesses include integrating family members into the business, motivating and retaining non-family employees, and business succession strategies. These issues will be viewed from a multi-disciplinary perspective that includes legal, tax and behavioral considerations.
3 credits
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GB 6231 - International Business for Entrepreneurs
Entrepreneurship in the 21st century is evolving. Because of global changes in technology, communications, and capital markets, today’s innovative startups are building successful companies in countries around the globe, in many instances with investors, vendors, customers, and employees located thousands of miles away. The challenges these leading-edge companies face, particularly in emerging markets, are some of the most sophisticated issues both for businesses and governments alike.
3 credits
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GB 6239 - Portfolio Management
Focuses on current practice and recent theoretical developments. Deals with characteristics of individual securities and portfolios, criteria and models for alternative portfolio composition, criteria for evaluation and measurement of performance, and the impact of government regulation. Evaluation of current theory, its significance for financial management decision making, and consideration of relevant empirical evidence are covered.
3 credits
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GB 6244 - Strategic Procurement
Competition is no longer company versus company; it is supply chain versus supply chain. More and more, companies are counting on their suppliers to lower costs, improve quality, and develop innovations. The success of a firm and its ability to satisfy customer expectations are influenced greatly by the capabilities and performance of its suppliers. The objectives of this course are to understand the relationship between suppliers and customer, determine which elements in the relationship are critical, examine how relationships vary among industries and products, and develop and implement effective supplier relationships. The course should help firms identify ways to categorize and organize suppliers, build and retain good supplier relationships and ensure that suppliers meet quality and delivery requirements. This should lead to a better understanding of supplier relationships so that better strategic sourcing decisions can be made. Using this approach, companies can reduce enterprise spending, consolidate and prioritize suppliers, reduce supplier risk, and align procurement strategies with corporate goals.
3 credits
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GB 6277 - Mergers and Acquisitions
An analysis of the acquisition by one firm of all or some of the assets of another firm and its impact on both the companies involved and on society. Topics include a discussion of the types of combinations, the motivations of the participants, the financial analysis required to carry out merger or acquisition activities, negotiation strategies, and the tax and accounting options that are available to the parties.
3 credits
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GB 6299 - Social Entrepreneurship
Social Entrepreneurship involves recognizing opportunities, combining and mobilizing resources, triggering positive changes in various domains, and building sustainability. It aims at social impact, but does not exclude economic wealth creation. Social Entrepreneurship is about using entrepreneurial skills to craft innovative responses to social problems.
3 credits
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GB 6309 - Management Information Systems in Supply Chain Management
A comprehensive study of the concepts, processes, and strategies used in the development and management of global supply chains. Supply-chain management (SCM) is a systems approach to managing the entire flow of information, materials, and services from raw material suppliers through factories and warehouses to the final end-customer. Specific topics include: global supply chain management, procurement, electronic commerce, information technologies, and logistics activities. SCM represents a philosophy of doing business that stresses processes and integration. This course will be taught through the use of textbook materials, outside readings, and case analysis.
3 credits
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GB 6310 - Auditing
The objectives of this course are to provide the student with detailed concepts and the current practice of financial statement auditing, and to improve analytical and communication skills through a variety of in-class activities and a comprehensive auditing case project environment.
3 credits
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GB 6320 - Commercial Law for Accountants
This course emphasizes the most current commercial law topics required for accountants in both practice and preparation for advanced licensing. Topics include: common law contracts; Article 2 of the UCC Sales; Article 9 of the UCC Secured Transactions; federal securities law and basic debtor creditor law.
3 credits
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GB 6324 - Executive Compensation
We now live in a “winner take all” economic environment where the dispersion of pay and other rewards between the “winners,” who have marketable skills, and the others, whose skills are not in demand, is growing farther apart. Executives, managers, technologists and others with rare and hard to replace skills are being rewarded like “one of a kind” athletes and media stars in the labor market. This trend of high pay for high potential employees is the most developed in the United States, but other countries who compete with the U.S. for talent are also adjusting their pay policies to cope with this world-wide phenomenon. This course will explore this trend from economic, management, ethical and legal perspectives.
3 credits
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GB 6330 - Financial Reporting and Analysis
This course adopts a user’s perspective of financial statements rather than a preparer’s perspective. Financial statement data will be analyzed and then used in decision making situations such as equity valuation, credit extension, and maximation of shareholders’ wealth. This course serves as a bridge between accounting and finance, integrating the concepts of these disciplines. This course is designed to provide the student with: 1) the ability to analyze financial statements, 2) an understanding of the incentives of companies to “manage” earnings through their choices of accounting methods, which are somewhat flexible within GAAP, 3) an understanding of the limitations to the usefulness of financial statements, and 4) despite these limitations, an understanding of the value of financial statements in decision making situations such as stock price evaluation, loan approvals, and maximizing shareholder wealth. We accomplish this through a body of knowledge developed by research in finance, accounting, and economics.
3 credits
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GB 6340 - Advanced Accounting Theory
The primary objective of this course is to develop an understanding of the theoretical foundation of GAAP as it relates to business combinations and to become proficient in the worksheet techniques involving consolidated financial statements. Topics include partnerships, segments, government accounting and foreign currency transactions. Students will study the theory and apply it to contemporary practices within organizations.
Prerequisite(s):
4 credits
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GB 6341 - Law and Ethics for Supply Chain Management
This course exposes graduate students to fundamental issues and current best practices in managing legal/ethical compliance and corporate social responsibility in the supply chain process. Course topics cover both domestic and international business issues, including child labor, environmental sustainability, anti-corruption, and human rights. Special attention is given to preparing law and management students to understand and manage the demands on U.S. and international corporations making complex business decisions in the face of increasing expectations for transparency and accountability. Structured around real-world cases that simulate the challenges of today’s domestic and global markets, the course equips students to manage and integrate the differing perspectives.
3 credits
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GB 6345 - International Finance
An overview of current financial theory and practice as it applies to the multinational enterprise. Topics include foreign exchange markets and forecasting, foreign exchange risk management, the international debt crisis, multinational working capital management, and capital budgeting. Eurocurrencies and foreign security markets are also discussed.
3 credits
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GB 6347 - Crisis Communications
From Deflategate to the BP Oil Spill to Target’s information security breach, organizations have to deal with communicating before, during and after events that threatened their future success. According to the U.S. federal government, 40 percent of businesses struck by a disaster don’t reopen. Of those that do, 25 percent fail within two years. According to the Red Cross, there are 70,000 disasters in the U.S. per year, about 200 per day. Add to that 2 million episodes of workplace violence, plus communicable diseases, and we have business disasters happening multiple times every day. (Jason Daley, “Managed Chaos,” Entrepreneur, January 2015).
3 Hours
3 Credits
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GB 6360 - Legal Issues in Human Resource Management
One of the human resource professional’s roles is to help ensure the organization’s compliance with labor and employment laws and to recognize when the organization needs advice from legal counsel. This course will help you recognize legal issues and recommend policies and procedures that can minimize exposure to lawsuits. It will help the student become better informed about how his/her role and responsibilities can impact the organization’s bottom line.
3 credits
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GB 6411 - Financial Markets
This course will serve as an introduction to the financial system and its relationship to the financing of domestic and international business activity. Financial market components and phenomena such as financial instruments, institutions, flow of funds, market efficiency, interest rate determination and term structure, exchange rates, and the balance of payments are analyzed. The governmental impact on financial markets, manifested through monetary and fiscal policy and regulation, is also covered. An introduction is given to the concept of financial assets valuation and the time value of money. The emphasis is on the significance of these elements for conducting the financial affairs of businesses.
3 credits
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GB 6425 - Speculative Markets
This course introduces the student to the world of speculative markets. Toward this end, students will study the key issues in options and futures pricing and learn how to employ these assets to maximize investor utility. An examination of controversial issues in this area will be conducted. Students will write a research note on an important issue in the speculative markets field.
3 credits
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GB 6500 - LGBT Wrkplc Incl
3 Hours LEcture
3
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GB 6501 - Adv Iss LGBT Wrkplc
3 Hours Lecture
3
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GB 6503 - Allies at Work
3 Hours Lecture (OL)
3
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GB 7010 - Executive Capstone Seminar
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3 Hours Lecture
3
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GB 7015 - Supply Chain Capstone
This course covers the major issues both domestically and globally in supply chain management including definition of a supply chain, the role of inventory, advanced production-inventory models, supply contracts, bullwhip effect and information sharing, vendor-managed inventories and other distribution strategies, third-party logistics providers, managing product variety, information technology and supply chain management, international issues.
3 credits
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GB 7110 - Executive Capstone Seminar
Critical analysis of case studies in strategic management with an emphasis on integrative decision-making. Focuses on strategy formulation, implementation, and evaluation and control in today’s organization.
3 credits
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GB 7120 - Entrepreneurship Capstone
Intended as an all-encompassing business course from the entrepreneurial perspective. Integration of business background acquired from accounting, marketing, strategic planning and implementation. Discussion will practically apply or simulate business situations.
3 credits
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GB 7125 - Strategic Human Resource Management Capstone
This course examines strategic human resource (HR) management and HR planning. Applicable theories and methods of strategic, operational, and tactical planning and their relationship to HR management are covered, as well as the multiple roles HR plays in assisting organizations to gain and sustain competitive advantages in a fast-paced environment.
3 credits
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MP 0010 - Fundamentals of Algebra
A review of fundamental arithmetic and algebra to familiarize the students with the basic concepts of mathematics. The course is designed to provide the student with the requisite foundation and practice in preparation for the MP 1102 , MP 1203 or MP 1205 sequence. Students assigned to this course are required to take MP 1102 - College Algebra and MP 1203 - Elementary Functions or MP 1205 - Finite Mathematics to fulfill the Mathematics Core Curriculum requirement.
3 hours Lecture and Discussion
3 institutional credits (Institutional credit will not be applied to either required or elective credits, but will be counted toward determining full-time status)
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MP 1102 - College Algebra
This course provides a detailed treatment of basic algebra, stressing solution of equations and problem-solving techniques. Emphasis throughout is on practical applications and manipulative skills.
Prerequisite(s): Successful completion of MP 0010 - Fundamentals of Algebra or a score of 465 or greater on the mathematics portion of the SAT.
3 hours Lecture and Discussion
3 credits
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MP 1105 - Discrete Mathematics
An introduction to the theory and application of discrete mathematics. Topics include logic, sets, functions and relations, combinations and elementary probability.
Prerequisite(s): MP 1102 - College Algebra .
3 hours Lecture and Discussion
3 credits
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MP 1203 - Elementary Functions
Mathematical functions, including logarithms and trigonometry, are treated from both the numerical and functional viewpoints. Emphasis throughout is on practical applications and manipulative skills. This course serves as a precalculus background.
Prerequisite(s): MP 1102 - College Algebra or its equivalent, as determined by the department, or satisfactory performance on appropriate diagnostic exam administered to entering students.
3 hours Lecture and Discussion
3 credits
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MP 1204 - Calculus I
This is a one-semester calculus course designed to introduce the student to the basic ideas, techniques, and applications of differential and integral calculus of a single-variable.
Prerequisite(s): MP 1203 - Elementary Functions or 620 or higher on the mathematics portion of the SAT.
4 hours Lecture and Discussion
4 credits
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