Faculty Association
Fall 2000

ITEM #3 -- FA 00-37: Submitted by the Academic Programs Committee.


COLLEGE OF BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION

Undergraduate

A. Department of Management, Marketing, and Logistics

00-219 APC 1 TRA 4XXX
Logistics Internship (3 cr.)
Prerequisites: MAR 3023 (C or better), TRA 3222 (C or better), and either TRA 4202 or TRA 3035 (each with a C or better), GPA of 2.75 or better, and prior approval of the Logistics Program Director. The internship is designed to provide the student with significant experience in transportation and logistics management. The internship provides the student with an opportunity to apply their educational background to logistical issues confronted by cooperating firms. No new faculty needed. No resources needed.

00-212 APC 1 ACG 4956
Study Abroad in Accounting
(v. 1-9 cr.)
Prerequisites: Permission of instructor. Students will study a country's business practices, with a particular emphasis on accounting. During this course, the student will: understand the culture, geography, history, and politics of the country; travel to the country; study the differences between business in the US and business in that country; and learn about the current issues facing that nation. This course will have three phases: pre-trip preparation and orientation, foreign travel, and post-trip work. No new faculty needed. No resources needed.

00-213 APC 1 ECO 4956
Study Abroad in Economics (v. 1-9 cr.)
Prerequisites: Permission of instructor. Students will study a country's business practices, with a particular emphasis on economics. During this course, the student will: understand the culture, geography, history, and politics of the country; travel to the country; study the differences between business in the US and business in that country; and learn about the current issues facing that nation. This course will have three phases: pre-trip preparation and orientation, foreign travel, and post-trip work. No new faculty needed. No resources needed.

00-214 APC 1 FIN 4956
Study Abroad in Finance
(v. 1-9 cr.)
Prerequisites: Permission of instructor. Students will study a country's business practices, with a particular emphasis on finance. During this course, the student will: understand the culture, geography, history, and politics of the country; travel to the country; study the differences between business in the US and business in that country; and learn about the current issues facing that nation. This course will have three phases: pre-trip preparation and orientation, foreign travel, and post-trip work. No new faculty needed. No resources needed.

00-215 APC 1 GEB 4956
Study Abroad in Business (v. 1-9 cr.)
Prerequisites: Permission of instructor. Students will study a country's business practices, with a particular emphasis on business. During this course, the student will: understand the culture, geography, history, and politics of the country; travel to the country; study the differences between business in the US and business in that country; and learn about the current issues facing that nation. This course will have three phases: pre-trip preparation and orientation, foreign travel, and post-trip work. No new faculty needed. No resources needed.

00-216 APC 1 MAN 4956
Study Abroad in Management (v. 1-9 cr.)
Prerequisites: Permission of instructor. Students will study a country's business practices, with a particular emphasis on management. During this course, the student will: understand the culture, geography, history, and politics of the country; travel to the country; study the differences between business in the US and business in that country; and learn about the current issues facing that nation. This course will have three phases: pre-trip preparation and orientation, foreign travel, and post-trip work. No new faculty needed. No resources needed.

00-217 APC 1 MAR 4956
Study Abroad in Marketing
(v. 1-9 cr.)
Prerequisites: Permission of instructor. Students will study a country's business practices, with a particular emphasis on marketing. During this course, the student will: understand the culture, geography, history, and politics of the country; travel to the country; study the differences between business in the US and business in that country; and learn about the current issues facing that nation. This course will have three phases: pre-trip preparation and orientation, foreign travel, and post-trip work. No new faculty needed. No resources needed.

00-218 APC 1 TRA 4956
Study Abroad in Transportation and Logistics
(v. 1-9 cr.)
Prerequisites: Permission of instructor. Students will study a country's business practices, with a particular emphasis on transportation and logistics. During this course, the student will: understand the culture, geography, history, and politics of the country; travel to the country; study the differences between business in the US and business in that country; and learn about the current issues facing that nation. This course will have three phases: pre-trip preparation and orientation, foreign travel, and post-trip work. No new faculty needed. No resources needed.

00-244 APC 1 MAN 5XXX
Fundamentals of Management and Marketing (3 cr.)
Prerequisites: Graduate Standing. This is a foundation course in management and marketing for students beginning graduate study in business. It is intended for students who did not study business at the baccalaureate level. No new faculty needed. No resources needed.

00-245

APC 1 MAR 6XXX
Marketing Strategy (3 cr.)
Prerequisites: MAN 5XXX or MAR 3023. This course is a study of the development and implementation of marketing strategy to provide for superior customer value, satisfaction, and loyalty. Topics include mission/vision development, environmental scanning, SWOT analysis, marketing goals and objectives, and segmentation, targeting, differentiation, positioning, and growth strategies. Emphasis is placed on relationship building, globalization, internal marketing, quality management, and entrepreneurship. Case studies will be emphasized. No new faculty needed. No resources needed

00-250 APC 1 MAN 6XXX
Modeling and Management of Operations (3 cr.)
Prerequisites: ECO 6416. This course teaches planning and control of producing and distributing goods and services. Emphasis is on reducing costs while maintaining or increasing output, quality, and customer service. The course includes an introduction to optimization and simulation techniques that are useful for addressing problems in production and distribution, as well as problems in finance, marketing, and other areas of management. No new faculty needed. No resources needed

00-249 APC 2 TRA 6220
Terminate Operations Management.
In revising the MBA curriculum, the faculty determined that this course, as offered, no longer meets the needs of MBAs.

00-246 APC 2 MAR 6815
Terminate Marketing, Management, And Institutions.
The required course MAR 6815 has undergone extensive revision and the course title and course description are no longer appropriate.

00-242 APC 3
Add a Certificate Program in e-Business.
The purpose of this certificate program is to prepare our students to capitalize on this swiftly moving business model by offering a hybrid of cross-functional, Internet enhanced classroom learning experiences. Designed to provide exposure to the most important drivers of this emerging field. The certificate program will require five new courses, no course changes and no course deletions. Certificate has 15 hours. No new faculty needed. No resources needed.

00-237 APC 1 MAN 6XXX
e-Business Strategies (3 cr.)
Prerequisites: ISM 6021, or permission of the instructor. This course focuses on the study of current management issues associated with electronic commerce strategies. No new faculty needed. No resources needed.

00-238 APC 1
MAN 6XXX
Project Management (3 cr.)
Prerequisites: ISM 6021, or permission of the instructor. This is an experimental learning project management course. No new faculty needed. No resources needed.

00-239 APC 1 MAR 6XXX
Marketing on the Internet:
Strategies and Programs (3 cr.)
Prerequisites: MAR 6XXX (Marketing Strategies) or permission of instructor. This course requires students to consider the formulation and implementation of e-strategy and related strategic marketing plan for a product/service offering in the Internet, including the development of a related company web site. No new faculty needed. No resources needed.

00-240 APC 1 TRA 6XXX
e-Supply Chain Management (3 cr.)
Prerequisites: MAN 6XXX (Modeling and Management of Operations) and ISM 6021, or permission of instructor. This course examines the integration; operations, management and strategic implication of electronic supply chain management for manufacturing and service firms. Emphasis is placed on the processes spanning multiple firms within the within the supply chain from source to end-customer. No new faculty needed. No resources needed.

00-241 APC 1 MAN 6XXX
Entrepreneurship and Venture Capital
(3 cr.)
Prerequisites: FIN 5XXX (Foundation Accounting and Finance) or permission of instructor. This course focuses on the entrepreneurial aspects of small business development and funding. No new faculty needed. No resources needed.

00-223 APC 1 MAN 6XXX
Cultural Environment of Global Business (1-5 cr.)
Prerequisites: Graduate standing, College of Business Administration. This course examines and applies the major dimensions of cultural analysis to global business. Students will assess cultural perspectives that influence the flow of people, messages, goods, capital, and technology across national and cultural boundaries. The course focuses on problems those U.S. companies, their managers, and the business community face when conducting activities in different cultures and value systems. No new faculty needed. No resources needed.

00-224 APC 1 MAN 6XXX
Global Strategic Management (1-5 cr.)
Prerequisites: Graduate standing, College of Business Administration. This course is a comprehensive and integrative analysis of strategic issues faced by the firm in an increasingly global and competitive market environment. Issues such as strategic alliances, mergers and acquisitions, productivity as the source of sustained competitive advantage and global market leadership, gap analysis in the process of formulation and implementation o strategic decisions, and deployment of scarce resources to global market opportunities will constitute the core of the course. No new faculty needed. No resources needed.

00-225 APC 1 MAN 6XXX
Managing Global Resources
(1.5 cr.)
Prerequisites: Graduate standing, College of Business Administration. This course introduces the student to the field of international human resource management (IHRM). Students will identify and assess various aspects of national labor markets with a view to utilizing them to enhance IHRM effectiveness. The course will focus on specific functional issues in IHRM and delve into some emerging challenges for IHRM managers. Throughout the course, both the assigned cases as well as current issues concerning IHRM will be emphasized. No new faculty needed. No resources needed.

00-226 APC 1 MAN 6XXX
Global Business Ethics (1.5 cr.)
Prerequisites: Graduate standing, College of Business Administration. Principles of ethics are applied to international business activity, the economic system of the United States and the business firm. Topics are examined from the perspective of the expatriate manager, the strategic decision-maker, stakeholder groups and non-US. as well as U.S. business organizations. No new faculty needed. No resources needed.

00-227 APC 1 MAR 6XXX
Import-Export Marketing (1-5 cr.)
Prerequisites: Graduate standing, College of Business Administration. This course examines conventional and Internet-based export-import marketing with emphasis on identifying supplier and distributor relations and strategies to maintain long-term profitable relationships in turbulent home and host country environments. Product mix, value pricing, and promotion/integrated marketing communication strategies and decisions are examined in detail. No new faculty needed. No resources needed.

00-228 APC 1 TRA 6XXX
International Logistics (1-5 cr.)
Prerequisites: Graduate standing, College of Business Administration. This course covers all aspects of international logistics for establishing and sustaining global operations. Issues addressed include the strategic and operational roles of logistics in international marketing; the role of shipping and air transportation in international logistics and their impact on world wide trade; international distribution channels; the logistic mix in an international context; and the management of import/export shipments including documentation requirements. No new faculty needed. No resources needed.

00-232 APC 1 GEB 6959
Study Abroad in Business (v 1-9 cr.)
Prerequisites: Graduate standing, College of Business Administration and permission of the instructor. Students will study a country's business practices, with a particular emphasis on business. During this course, the student will: understand the culture, geography, history, and politics of the country; travel to the country; study the differences between business in the US and business in that country; and learn about the current issues facing that nation. This course will have three phases: pre-trip preparation and orientation, foreign travel, and post-trip work. No new faculty needed. No resources needed.

00-233 APC 1 MAN 6959
Study Abroad in Management
(v 1-9 cr.)
Prerequisites: Graduate standing, College of Business Administration and permission of the instructor. Students will study a country's business practices, with a particular emphasis on management. During this course, the student will: understand the culture, geography, history, and politics of the country; travel to the country; study the differences between business in the US and business in that country; and learn about the current issues facing that nation. This course will have three phases: pre-trip preparation and orientation, foreign travel, and post-trip work. No new faculty needed. No resources needed.

00-234 APC 1 TRA 6959
Study Abroad in Transportation and Logistics
(v 1-9 cr.)
Prerequisites: Graduate standing, College of Business Administration and permission of the instructor. Students will study a country's business practices, with a particular emphasis on transportation and logistics. During this course, the student will: understand the culture, geography, history, and politics of the country; travel to the country; study the differences between business in the US and business in that country; and learn about the current issues facing that nation. This course will have three phases: pre-trip preparation and orientation, foreign travel, and post-trip work. No new faculty needed. No resources needed.

00-235 APC 1 MAR 6959
Study Abroad in Marketing
(v 1-9 cr.)
Prerequisites: Graduate standing, College of Business Administration and permission of the instructor. Students will study a country's business practices, with a particular emphasis on marketing. During this course, the student will: understand the culture, geography, history, and politics of the country; travel to the country; study the differences between business in the US and business in that country; and learn about the current issues facing that nation. This course will have three phases: pre-trip preparation and orientation, foreign travel, and post-trip work. No new faculty needed. No resources needed.


B. Department of Economics and Geography

 
00-211 APC1 ECO 69XX
Special Topics in Economics
(3 cr.)
Prerequisite: Graduate standing, This course will provide an opportunity to study special topics in economics not normally offered by the Department. The course may be repeated, with a change in content, up to a maximum three times. No new faculty needed. No resources needed.

00-247 APC 1 ECO 6XXX
Making Decisions with Data
(3 cr.)
Prerequisites: Graduate Standing, College of Business Administration. This course teaches students to utilize data to make business decisions properly and efficiently. Students use both spreadsheets and statistical software to enter, summarize, graph, and analyze data, applying the results to a variety of real business problems. No new faculty needed. No resources needed.

00-248 APC 2 ECC 6416
Terminate Statistics for Business and Economics.
In revising the MBA curriculum, the faculty determined that this course no longer meets the needs of MBAs. It is being replaced with a new course, ECO 6XXX, Making Decisions with Data.

00-220 APC 1 ECO 6XXX
Political Economy of the Global Trading Environment
(1-5 cr.)
Prerequisites: Graduate standing, College of Business Administration. This course affords students the opportunity to analyze and understand the economic issues affecting importing and exporting. Students will examine U.S. trade patterns at the local, state, and national levels and will learn about analogous patterns in other nations. They will also learn about various types of trade barriers employed worldwide, as well as the databases and resources available for researching these regulations. They will analyze critically the case for free trade and the arguments against it, how to conduct trade with a particular country or trading bloc, and the role of the various international economic organizations. No new faculty needed. No resources needed.

00-222 APC 1 GEO 6XXX
Geography of the Global Trading Environment (1.5 cr.)
Prerequisites: Graduate standing, College of Business Administration. This course addresses the evolution of the global economic map, focusing on patterns and trends in production, trade, and investment. Changing patterns of the micro- and macro-scale geography of the world economy including the spatial phenomena of globalization, regionalism and localism will be analyzed. Specific case-study sectors of the economy will illustrate the global shift of activities and related government policies and corporate strategies. No new faculty needed. No resources needed.

00-230 APC 1 ECO 6959
Study Abroad in Economics
(v 1-9 cr.)
Prerequisites: Graduate standing, College of Business Administration and permission of the instructor. Students will study a country's business practices, with a particular emphasis on Economics. During this course, the student will: understand the culture, geography, history, and politics of the country; travel to the country; study the differences between business in the US and business in that country; and learn about the current issues facing that nation. This course will have three phases: pre-trip preparation and orientation, foreign travel, and post-trip work. No new faculty needed. No resources needed.

00-251 APC 3
Changes the M.B.A. Degree. (College Wide-Programs)

This request is being made as a response to changes in the business environment. These changes involve three parts: (a) combining undergraduate prerequisites into graduate prerequisites, leaving three graduate prerequisites and one undergraduate prerequisite. This will shorten the preparation time to enter the program. (b) The preceding change will reduce the number of required credits from 39 to 36, which is consistent with our peer AACSB MBA programs. (c) Increase the number of electives from two to three, which will allow students to concentrate in a particular functional area if they choose to. No new faculty needed. No resources needed.


C. Department of Accounting and Finance

 
00-243 APC 1 FIN 5XXX
Financial Analysis (3 cr.)
Prerequisites: None. This is an introductory course covering principles and techniques applicable to financial management of the firm. This course not only includes finance related concepts, but accounting principles as well. This course is required for MBA candidates who have not had undergraduate or equivalent foundation work in financial management and accounting. No new faculty needed. No resources needed.

00-221 APC 1 FIN 6XXX
Financing International Trade (1.5 cr.)
Prerequisites: Graduate standing, College of Business Administration. In this course the student will become familiar with issues involving international financial markets, exchange rates, influences on exchange rates, transaction and translations exposure, and direct foreign investment. The ultimate objective is to understand the financial risks involved in international trade and the various financial methods employed to manage these risks. No new faculty needed. No resources needed.

00-229 APC 1 ACG 6959
Study Abroad in Accounting
(v 1-9 cr.)
Prerequisites: Graduate standing, College of Business Administration and permission of the instructor. Students will study a country's business practices, with a particular emphasis on Accounting. During this course, the student will: understand the culture, geography, history, and politics of the country; travel to the country; study the differences between business in the US and business in that country; and learn about the current issues facing that nation. This course will have three phases: pre-trip preparation and orientation, foreign travel, and post-trip work. No new faculty needed. No resources needed.

00-231 APC 1 FIN 6959
Study Abroad in Finance
(v 1-9 cr.)
Prerequisites: Graduate standing, College of Business Administration and permission of the instructor. Students will study a country's business practices, with a particular emphasis on Finance. During this course, the student will: understand the culture, geography, history, and politics of the country; travel to the country; study the differences between business in the US and business in that country; and learn about the current issues facing that nation. This course will have three phases: pre-trip preparation and orientation, foreign travel, and post-trip work. No new faculty needed. No resources needed.

00-236 APC 3
Certificate in International Business.
(College Wide-Programs)
The proposed new COBA graduate-level Certificate in International Business (CIB) will provide graduate students with a comprehensive education in international business. CIB students will both gain a theoretical understanding of international business and acquire the specific skills that will allow them to engage immediately in import-export activities. The CIB pre-requisite set is identical to that of the MBA program. Certificate has 15 hours. No new faculty needed. No resources needed.

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