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GRADUATE COURSES

(See Course Numbering System.)




Note: "G" courses are open only to those graduate students with a nonbusiness undergraduate degree and to graduate foreign students.

Business (Bus)

200. Seminar in Business Research (3)
Methods of research; applications to business problems.

203. Seminar in Office Management (3)
Managerial control of office functions, services, and personnel; case studies.

220. Seminar in Business Policy (3)
Advanced problems in business policy; evaluation, determination, execution, administration, and control; policy objectives in integration of product, marketing, manufacturing, finance, and organization; analysis of administrative policy-making bodies and processes.

223. Seminar in Organizational Behavior (3)
Problems of the individual and groups brought about by modern industrial organizations and techniques; motivations for work and cooperation between executives and different economic and social groups; analysis of effect of company policy on employee and public relations.

232. Seminar in Money and Capital Markets (3)
Prerequisite: Bus 130G or equivalent. Analysis of money and capital markets, their organization and role in economic activity.

233. Seminar in Business Finance (3)
Prerequisite: Bus 130G or equivalent. Critical review of theory and practice; supply and demand factors; sources and uses of business funds; management of financial assets; cost of capital; theory of financial structures; promotion; liquidation of firms; current trends; changing institutional environment.

240. Seminar in Marketing (3)
Prerequisite: Bus 145G or equivalent. Critical review of the literature of marketing, special reports and research dealing with marketing institutions and organization, and marketing functions.

242. Seminar in Marketing Management (3)
Prerequisite: Bus 145G or equivalent. Analysis of basic problems of marketing management and alternative methods of approaching these problems; case studies; use of statistics, economics, psychology, and other tools in directing marketing activities; relation of marketing to other areas of business administration.

250. Seminar in Personnel Management (3)
Prerequisite: Bus 150G or equivalent. Trends and problems in management-employee relationships; administrative action in selection, motivation, and development of personnel; relation of personnel administration to other areas of management; concentrated study by each student of a special phase of personnel work.

252. Seminar in Labor Relations (3)
Prerequisite: Bus 150G or equivalent. Current trends in labor relations theory and practice; labor relations systems; contract negotiations; dispute prevention and settlement; role of government; applications of behavioral sciences; individual research.

260. Seminar in Accounting Theory (3)
Prerequisite: Bus 261 or equivalent. Development of accounting theory; current accounting theory; areas of accounting theory where professional differences exist; AICPA research studies, governmental regulations, recent literature, and accounting classics.

265. Business Systems (3)
Prerequisite: Bus 261, Acct 162, or equivalent. Seminar in principles of business system design, installation, and evaluation.

267A-B. CPA Problems (2-2)
Prerequisite: Acct 162, 167 or equivalent. Advanced study of accounting theory; analysis and solution of type of problems given in CPA cmification examination.

280. Seminar in Business Education (3)
Study of advanced problems in business education.

282. Principles of Business Education (3)
Seminar in objectives, principles, and curricula of business in secondary schools, including junior colleges; evaluation and trends of current programs.

289. Workshop in Business Education (1-6; max total 6)
Credit may not exceed one unit per week of workshop activity. Open only to experiencced teachers. Study and critical analysis of problems in content and teaching in secondary school business education.

290. Independent Study (1-5)
See Regulations and Procedures -- Independent Study.

291. Management Project (3)
Prerequisite: Bus 200, 220, 223, 261, or permission of instructor. Independent field analysis of an operating business firm or one of its principal functional areas. The managerial audit may be submitted to the faculty in lieu of a thesis.

292. Readings in Business (2-3; max total 6)
Prerequisite: Bus 200, 220, 223, 261, or permission of instructor. Individually directed readings in a field of special concern to the student's graduate program; appropriate reports and evaluation required. Individual conferences; no formal class meetings.

299. Thesis (2-4; max total 4)
Prerequisite: Bus 200, 220, 223, 261, or permission of instructor. See Master's Degrees-Thesis Requirement. Preparation, completion, and submission of an acccptable thesis for the master's degree. Elective for master of business administration and master of science.

298. Business Internship (1-6)
Required of candidates for master of science degree when candidate has no approved previous occupational experience; this requirement is in addition to the 30 units required for the degree. Course may be taken only by candidates for a master of science degree in business.


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