After Completing the Business Core (See Business Core Courses)
 

HRMC 3360 Human Resource Management, 3 credits

Provides an overview of best practices and fundamentals of human resource management and its role in today’s organizations. Emphasis is placed on understanding and implementing best practices for organizaitonal effectiveness. This course also reviews current human resource management techniques. Leadership, strategic planning, benchmarking, dealing with difficult people and conflict resolution are discussed. Students are also provided information about human resource management innovators and management philosophies.

MGMT 3320 Operations Management, 3 credits 

Examines the concepts for designing, planning and improving internal processes for production and service organizations. Students will apply principles in enterprise resource planning, facility layout, forecasting, queuing models, inventory management, lean manufacturing, and total quality management using case studies and exercises in order to make better informed decisions.

BUSI 4420 Business Law, 3 credits

Gives an overview of the commercial law system in the United States with special attention to the impact of laws on business decision makers. Students focus on the law as it relates to contracts, sales, the uniform commercial code, personnel, and other contemporary legal issues. 

MKTG 3440 Marketing and E-Commerce, 3 credits

Provides an overview of consumer behavior, marketing research, pricing, distribution, promotion, and product strategies for traditional and e-commerce environments. Other topics include public policy, business models, website design and the roles of ethics and corporate social responsibility.

BUSI 3880 Financial Management, 3 credits

Provides an overview of the basic concepts and principles of financial management and insight into the decision making process of financial managers. Topics include the time value of money, the tradeoff between risk and return, capital budgeting, capital structure, working capital management, and the role of financial markets.