BUSI   1301  Business Principles

This course provides a survey of economic systems, forms of business ownership, and considerations for running a business. Students will learn various aspects of business, management, and leadership functions; organizational considerations; and decision-making processes. Financial topics are introduced, including accounting, money and banking, and securities markets. Also included are discussions of business challenges in the legal and regulatory environment, business ethics, social responsibility, and international business. Emphasized is the dynamic role of business in everyday life.  3 credit hours.  (A)

 

BUSI   1307  Personal Finance

Personal financial issues including financial planning, insurance, budgeting, credit, home ownership, savings and tax problems.  3 credit hours.  (A)

 

BUSI   2301  Business Law

The course provides the student with foundational information about the U.S. legal system and dispute resolution, and their impact on business. The major content areas will include general principles of law, the relationship of business and the U.S. Constitution, state and federal legal systems, the relationship between law and ethics, contracts, sales, torts, agency law, intellectual property, and business law in the global context.   Prerequisite:  High school coursework in U.S. history and government; or equivalent.  3 credit hours.  (A)

 

BUSI  2305   Business Statistics

Descriptive and inferential statistical techniques for business and economic decision-making. Topics include the collection, description, analysis, and summarization of data; probability; discrete and continuous random variables; the binomial and normal distributions; sampling distributions; tests of hypotheses; estimation and confidence intervals; linear regression; and correlation analysis. Statistical software is used to analyze data throughout the course. (BUSI 2305 is included in the Business Field of Study.) Prerequisites:  MATH 1324 or MATH 1314, and BCIS 1305. 3 credit hours. (A)