BUMGT Business Management



BUMGT-100 Introduction to Business Administration (1 cr.)
Fall and Spring
Basic business systems processes, their interrelationships and role of business environment. Business Administration Program: advisement, course sequence and job opportunities. General Business Administration majors only.

BUMGT-115 Understanding Business (2 cr.)
Concepts, functions, and interrelationships of various subdivisions of service and production organizations. Equivalent to BUMGT-116.

BUMGT-116 Fundamentals of Business (3 cr.)
Summer
Fundamental exploration of contemporary business practices. Emphasis on case studies and computer simulations related to external business conditions impacting the organization.
Equivalent to BUMGT-115.

BUMGT-304 Principles of Management (3 cr.)
Fall, Spring and Summer
Basic managerial functions: planning, organizing, staffing, directing and controlling; management principles with universal applications; nature of authority and responsibility, departmentation, line and staff relations; enterprise manager in the social setting, comparative management; and management and the future.

BUMGT-346 Seminar (1-3 cr.)
Fall, Spring and Summer
Current topics in business. (Title will reflect specific business content.) R

BUMGT-398 Business Administration Field Experience (1-2 cr.)
Fall, Spring and Summer
Off-campus work and study in an approved position to better understand the challenges of being an effective manager. R

BUMGT-480 Entrepreneurship: Small Business Planning (3 cr.)
Fall and Spring
Concepts, strategies, and applications involved in entrepreneurship. Profile of entrepreneurs and the risks and rewards, creating products and services for the market place, going into business --start-up, buy out, franchise— legal and financial aspects. Preparing a business plan required.
Prerequisites: take BUMKG-330, BUACT-206 or BUACT-200.

BUMGT-489 Business and Industrial Internship(1-8 cr.)
Fall, Spring and Summer
Off-campus work and study in student's area of concentration; approved salaried position with cooperating company for a semester or summer session. Junior level or higher. R

BUMGT-490 Strategic Management and Business Policy (3 cr.)
Fall and Spring
Integrates previous business studies, develops ability to solve business problems through scientific approaches to decision-making. Students use business cases on policy formulation and administration: manufacturing, marketing, finance, accounting, personnel, and public relations functions. Senior level or higher. Prerequisites: Take BUMKG-330 and ACT-340, and take ECON-210 or ECON-201.

BUMGT-498 Business Administration Field Experience (1-2 cr.)
Fall, Spring and Summer
Off-campus work and study in an approved position to better understand the challenges of being an effective manager. R