Curriculum
| Code | Title | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| Core Requirements | 45 | |
| Major Requirements | 65 | |
| Electives | 10 | |
| Total Hours | 120 | |
| Code | Title | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| Required Core Courses | ||
ECON 2200 |
Macroeconomics
This course presents principles and theories of macro-economics with emphasis on economic policies and their impact on the national welfare. Special attention is giving to the application of economic thinking methods to solving the macro-economic problems. | |
COMM 1100 |
Public Speaking
This course considers the fundamentals of giving speeches that are informative, persuasive, inspirational, or entertaining. Students learn to manage speech tension, use vocal variety, improve delivery, and organize and support effective presentations with research and visual aids. | |
or COMM 2100 | Interpersonal Communication | |
BUS 3450 |
Business Statistics
This course will provide students with a working knowledge of statistics, which will be help them make proper business decisions under uncertain conditions. Areas to be covered include descriptive statistics, probability, inferential statistics, discrete and continuous probability distributions, and regression analysis. | |
| Business Fundamentals | ||
| ACCT 2100 |
Financial Accounting
In this introductory course, students learn the process of identifying, measuring, recording, and communicating the economic events of a business using Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP). Students learn how to prepare basic financial statements and understand how companies use accounting data to make business decisions. Areas of emphasis include, the accounting cycle, cash, receivables, long-lived assets, liabilities, and equity. Other topics include, ratio analysis, the regulatory environment, internal controls, and ethics. Note: Sophomore standing, except for Accounting and Actuarial Science majors, is required. | 3 |
| ACCT 2200 |
Managerial Accounting
This course covers financial statement analysis, procedures for planning and controlling organizations, including measuring managerial performance and developing budgets, and the use of accounting information for decision-making by management. Note: Sophomore standing, except for Accounting and Actuarial Science majors, is required. | 3 |
| BUS 2200 |
Business Law I
This course offers an introduction to the American Legal System and several specific legal topics including, but not limited to, criminal law, torts, employment law and discrimination, agency, contracts and sales. Note: This is a course required for students majoring in the business discipline. Grades lower than a C- will not satisfy the requirements of the Business Core. | 3 |
| BUS 1400 |
Quantitative Business Essentials
This course provides an overview and application of technology and soft-skills necessary within a business context. The course explores the use of various information technology formats for communication, data management and problem solving in the organizations. The course introduces data analysis concepts using spreadsheets. Students will apply these technological skills within their preparation of vocation and career-related skills needed in today’s business climate. Students conduct extensive laboratory activities culminating in a final project that evaluates proficiency in skills needed for professional success and etiquette. | 3 |
| BUS 3420 |
Management Information Systems
This course presents an overview of management information systems. This course examines total organizational effort required in the management function. Topics of special interest include communication and systems theory, accounting cycles and applications systems, costs of data processing software and hardware, systems control and systems design. | 3 |
| BUS 3999 |
Business Internship
This course provides credit for a pre-approved on-the-job work experience in the student’s major field of study. The course further prepares the student for employment by teaching interviewing, networking and budgeting strategies; the role benefits play in companies; as well as professional etiquette and other life skills. | 3 |
| BUS 4420 |
Business Policy and Ethics
This course provides management to guide resource deployment to maintain competitive advantages in meeting the corporate mission. The course provides a demonstration of the integration of the functional areas of business administration and a realistic approach to business problems. Prerequisites: senior status or permission of the professor. | 3 |
| ECON 2100 |
Microeconomics
This course provides a unifying theme of microeconomics, showing how micro-economics is the synthesis of theories, decision sciences, and the various fields of business administration studies. Special emphasis is placed on the interaction between the firm’s business strategy and the market structure as the firm attempts to reach optimal performance in the face of economic constraints. | 3 |
| FIN 3000 |
Principles of Finance
This course provides an introduction to the basic functions of financial planning, working capital management, financial markets, financial institutions, investment returns, capital budgeting methods, asset valuation, leverage, time value of money, and capital structure. | 3 |
| MGMT 1200 |
Management & Leadership
This course introduces the student to the fundamental principles and practices of management and leadership. After a brief historical review, the concepts of organizational culture, globalization, and social responsibility are examined. The basic functions of management - planning, organizing, leading, and controlling - are studied in depth. This course introduces students to creating people-focused organizations. | 3 |
| or BUS 5110 | People-Focused Management | |
| MKTG 1300 |
Sales and Marketing
This course studies the basics of the role of marketing in society and within the firm. This course covers marketing history, the present-day practices, personal selling strategies and future projections. | 3 |
| Required Major Courses | ||
| FIN 3100 |
Basic Investing
This course examines investors’ activities and decision rules in the selection and management of financial assets. The focus of the course is financial instruments such as stocks, bonds, mutual funds, and derivatives, as well as the markets in which they are traded. The course will also emphasize the analytical approach to investment decision making. | 3 |
| FIN 3150 |
Principles of Insurance
This course surveys methods of dealing with risk including risk retention, prevention, and transfer. Insurance is a major means of risk transfer. Various kinds of insurance, such as liability, property, life, health, and social insurance are examined. | 3 |
| FIN 3210 |
Financial Math for Actuaries
This course is designed to prepare students for the Society of Actuaries Exam FM (Financial Mathematics). Topics include time value of money, annuities with payments that are not contingent, loans, bonds, general cash flows and portfolios, duration, convexity, and immunization. | 3 |
| FIN 3220 |
Probability for Actuaries
This course will develop students' knowledge of the fundamental probability tools for quantitatively assessing risk. Topics include general probability theory, univariate probability distributions, and multivariate probability distributions, including conditional and marginal. This course is designed to help prepare students for Society of Actuaries Exam P. | 3 |
| DSAA 2000 |
Introduction to Data Science and Analysis
This course introduces students to the field of data science and analysis and equips them with basic principles and tools. Students will learn key concepts, techniques, and tools to address various facets of the data science practice, including data collection and integration, data analysis, and predictive and descriptive modeling. | 3 |
| FIN 4200 |
Advanced Excel for Financial Analysis
This course gives students the opportunity to master Microsoft Excel’s advanced functionality by using Excel to complete a wide range of tasks and projects that require data organization and analysis. Areas of focus include advanced data analysis, reporting templates, worksheet/workbook linking, importing and manipulating data, using VBA to create/edit macros for task automation, auditing tools, and other features especially useful to financial professionals. | 3 |
| MATH 2010 |
Calculus I
This course presents limits, continuity, and differentiation of real valued functions as well as their applications. Integration of functions and their applications are also discussed. Recommended four years of high school mathematics or MATH 1280 and MATH 1500. | 4 |
| MATH 2020 |
Calculus II
This course presents analytic geometry, integration and differentiation of trigonometric, exponential, and logarithmic functions. Techniques of integration, improper integrals, parametric equations, and differential equations are also discussed. Sequences and series are also introduced. | 4 |
| CSC 2000 |
Coding I - Fundamentals
This course allows students to explore initial computer programming concepts with an emphasis on mapping current problem solving abilities to techniques that produce efficient computer systems. Topics covered include: history of programming languages, variables, conditionals, iteration, methods, and objects. These topics are covered within the context of good problem solving techniques, algorithm design, and user experience. The use of Python, an industry standard programming language, allows students to focus on the concepts of programming while minimizing the complexity of language details. Computer certifications (such as Mendix) are explored also. | 3 |
| CSC 2050 |
Coding II - Algorithms
This course studies the foundational issues of computer programming in detail. The primary course emphasis is on computer control structures (selection, repetition, procedure) — how they are mathematically derived in theory and applied in the practice of problem solving. Algorithms will be transformed into modern high-level languages (such as C# and Java) by following professional programming techniques. | 3 |
| Total Hours | 65 | |