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BAF 101 Personal Finance:
This course includes the practical applications of concepts and techniques used in managing personal finances.  Major areas of study include financial planning, budgeting, credit use, housing, insurance, investments and retirement planning.

BAF 201 Principles of Finance:
This is an introductory course to the field of finance.  The monetary and credit systems are examined along with how the demand for funds is met in both the public and private sector.  Quantitative features include financial ratios, the time value of money, capital budgeting and working capital budgeting.  (Prerequisite: ACC 101)

BAF 215 Money and Banking:
This course is a study of the United States monetary system with special emphasis on the commercial system and the central banking system.  (Prerequisite: ACC 101)

BAF 260 Financial Management:
This course is a study of financial analysis and planning.  Topics include working capital management, capital budgeting and cost of capital.  (Prerequisite: BAF 201)

BAF 270 Credit Administration:
This course is a study of the factors influencing and determining loan policy.  Methods of credit investigation and analysis, credit techniques, specific credit problems, and regular as well as unusual types of loans are discussed.  (Corequisite: ACC 101)

BUS 101 Introduction to Business:
This course is a study of the nature of business activity in relation to the economic society, including how a business is owned, organized, managed and controlled.

BUS 121 Business Law I:
This course is a study of legal procedures, law and society, classifications and systems of law, the tribunals administering justice and their actions, contracts, sales, transfer of titles, rights and duties of the parties, conditions and warranties.

BUS 130 Business Communications:
This course covers the application of communication skills to situations routinely encountered in business environments.  Students will generate oral and written reports and presentations.  (Prerequisite: ENG 100 or the equivalent placement test score)

BUS 210 Introduction to E-commerce in Business:
This course is the study of electronic commerce and the operations and applications from the business perspective. Emphasis is placed on business concepts and strategies and how they apply to the process of buying and selling goods and services online.

BUS 240 Business Statistics:  This course is a study of statistical methods related to business, including descriptive statistics, probability, binomial and normal distributions and hypothesis testing.  (Prerequisites: MATH 155 or equivalent)

BUS 250 Introduction to International Business: 
This is a survey course in international business designed to enhance the global perspective of business students.  Emphasis is placed on the legal, cultural, economic and political factors faced in operating an international business.

BUS 260 Insurance Principles:
This course is a study of the types of insurance companies, varieties of coverage and the relation of insurance to business activity, the national economy and personal interests.

MGT 101 Principles of Management:
This course is a study of management theories, emphasizing the management functions of planning, decision making, organizing, leading and controlling.

MGT 120 Small Business Management:
This course is a study of small business management and organization, forms of ownership and the process of starting a new business.  (Prerequisite: 30 semester hours of credit)

MGT 201 Human Resource Management:
This course is a study of personnel administration functions within a business organization.  Major areas of study include job analysis, recruitment, selection and assessment of personnel; and wage, salary and benefit administration.

MGT 230 Managing Information Resources:
This course is a study of the development, use and management of information resources and systems in business and industry.  (Prerequisite: CPT 101)

MGT 240 Management Decision Making:
This course is a study of various structured approaches to managerial decision making.  The student will apply knowledge acquired in previous course work.  (Prerequisite: 30 semester hours of credit)

MGT 255 Organizational Behavior:
This course is a study of effective individual and group behavior in an organization to maximize productivity and psychological and social satisfaction.