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COURSES

Business Administration (B A)


8. Law and Society (3)
For nonbusiness students. Legal concepts common to all; rights, duties, and obligations in the law of contracts, sales and business torts; functioning of judicial institutions.

10. Business as a Social Institution (3)
Open only to lower division students. The nature of business society and the management of firms in that society; interrelationships among business, government, labor, and the public; case studies.

18. Law and the Business Environment (3) (Former Bus Ad 118A)
Prerequisite: sophomore standing. Sources, forms, and expressions of law; general law of contracts, agency and employment; case studies.

21. Business Mathematics (3)
Fundamental operations and arithmetical processes; equations and use of formulas; application to specialized fields.

50. Business Lectures (1; max total 2)
Not open to freshmen. Points of view of business executives on current business developments; problems of various businesses presented by visiting lecturers.

62A. Automation and Computer Language--FORTRAN (3)
Not open to students with credit in Engr 70, B A 62 or 160. Introduction to computer systems; programming in FORTRAN; social impact of automation and computers.

62B. Automation and Computer Language-COBOL (3)
Not open to students with credit in B A 61. Programniing in COBOL; data representation in files; records on cards, disc, tape; peripheral (EAM) equipment.

65. Statistical Analysis (3)
Not open to students with credit in B A 102. Prerequisite: Math 51 or 71 or equivalent; Econ IA-B recommended. Measures of central tendency; distributions; variations; time series analysis; seasonal variations; index numbers; joint, marginal and conditional probabilities; the Bayes theorem; discrete probability distributions.

100. Business Economics (3)
Prerequisites: Econ 1A-B. Applications of economic principles in business management; measure of profit, analysis of demand, cost analysis; price, wage, and public policies; case studies.

101. Ethics and the Economy (3)
Examination of ethical systems from moral-sense ethics to existentialism; situation ethics; implications for the businessman; case studies.

103. Advanced Statisitical Analysis (3)
Prerequisite: B A 65 or 102, Math 71 or equivalent. Continuous probability distributions; theory of sampling; sampling distributions; point and interval estimations; significance tests; Bayesian statistics; the Chi-square and analysis of variance tests; regression and correlation models.

104. Business Forecasting (3)
Prerequisite: B A 100, 103, 135. Business activity analysis; methods of forecasting; general and specific forecasts; analysis of trends in product groups, sectors, regions, and other areas of the world economy; mathematical models and statistical deci- sions; analysis of case problems.

105. Economics of Consumption (3)
Prerequisite: Econ IA-B. Theory of consumer equilibrium; theory of value and price under various market structures; market performance and public policy.

110. Principles of Management (3)
Primarily for juniors. Art, science, and theory of management, universal functions of the manager; development of analytical and administrative skills; case studies.

111. Contemporary American Business System (3) (Former X 141)
Required of entering foreign students; open to foreign students only. Nature, scope, and structure of modern American business; internal and external environment of business enterprise and effects on conduct of business and society; familiarization with American teaching methods. (field trip)

115. Government Regulation and Control of Business (3)
Prerequisite: BA 18. Role of government in regulation and control of enterprises and markets; legal principles and practices; case studies; analysis.

118. Law and Business Activities (3) (Former Bus Ad 118B)
Prerequisite: BA 18. Law of bailments, shipments; sale of personal property; negotiable instruments; personal property security; case studies.

119. Law of Business Organizations (3)
Prerequisite: BA 18 or equivalent. Law of partnerships, corporations, estates, wills, administration of estates, bankruptcy, debtor and creditor relations, surety; case studies.

120. Proseminar in Business Policy (3)
Prerequisite: second semester seniors only. Undergraduate seminar with emphasis on integration of business and behavioral disciplines in presenting solutions to case studies.

124. Production Management (3)
Prerequisite: B A 65 or 102, 110A. Production systems and problems; facility location and design; material handling; production planning and control; purchasing; inventory control; product development; quality control; methods analysis and job design; work measurement; quantitative methods in solution of production problems. Field trip required.

128. Business Environment of the Fine Arts (3)
Proseminar for seniors. Integration of principles of business management with production in the fine arts; case studies; analysis.

129. Association Management (3)
Prerequisite: Bus Ad 110. Application of management theory and methods to nonprofit civic and service organizations; development of objectives; planning; organization; staffing; leadership; evaluation; case studies.

132. Financial Institutions (3)
Prerequisite: Econ 1A-B, Acct 1A-B. Theory of the financial system; intermediaition; gross and net money doctrines; financial institutions; sources of funds; case studies.

133. Business Finance (3)
Prerequisite: Econ 1A-B; Acct 1A-B. Theory of financing the business firm under conditions of uncertainty. The supply of and demand for capital; asset management and capital structure analysis, cost of capital and the capital budgeting decision.

134. Investments (3)
Prerequisite: Bus Ad 133. Analysis of security markets; financial instruments; stocks, bonds and mortgages; fundamental analysis; public and private regulation of security markets.

135. Monetary Theory and the Banking System (3)
Not open to students with credit in Econ 135. Prerequisite: Econ IA-B. Monetary standards, the commercial banking system, central banking and the Federal Reserve system; monetary theory; the international monetary system.

137. Credit Management (3)
Mercantile and consumer credit; derivation of credit information from business data; credit agencies and credit bureaus; valuation; analysis of financial statements; technical and legal problems; collections.

139. Financial Management (3)
Prerequisite: Bus Ad 133. Analysis of financial policies; flow of funds under changing economic conditions; alternate methods of financing; capital budgeting; valuation; case studies.

143. Risk and Insurance (3)
Prerequisite: Bus Ad 8 or 18 (may be taken concurrently). Fundamental principles of insurance; descriptive, nontechnical study of property and casualty insurance and insurance carriers.

144. Life Insurance (3)
Prerequisite: Bus Ad 8 or 18 (may be taken concurrently). Nature and use, scientific basis, types and forms of life insurance; organization, management; public regulation and control.

146. Transportation Management (3) (Former Bus Ad 107)
Prerequisite: Econ 1A-B. Major modes for movement of goods and people; comparison of alternatives; carrier organization and management; rate structures; government regulation; effect of transportation on plant location, pricing, and markets; urbwi and national transportation problems.

147. Physical Distribution Management (3) (Former Bus Ad 109)
Prerequisite: Mkt 100. Systems approach to physical distribution; traffic management; plant and warehouse location; inventory control; information flows and order processing; supply scheduling; total cost planning; organizational patterns.

148. Advanced Ttansportation Management (3)
Prerequisite: Bus Ad 146, 147, or equivalent. New tools and techniques in carrier management, physical distribution management, carrier-shipper cooperation; trends in intracarrier and intercarrier competition, pricing and regulatory philosophy; case problems; computer simulation; individual and group problem solving.

151. Personnel Management (3)
Prerequisite: Bus Ad 110. Acquisition and utilization of human resources in organizations: recruitment; selection; performance appraisal; individual and group relationships; motivation; compensation; communications; labor relations; role of government.

152. Labor Relations and Collective Bargaining (3)
Prerequisite: Bus Ad 151 or Econ 150. Relations between employers and organized employee groups; organization, election, and certification procedures; techniques of collective bargaining; labor agreements; grievance handling; settlement of industrial disputes.

153. Management Development (3)
Prerequisite: Bus Ad 151. Knowledge and skills leading to effective interpersonal relations; understanding one's self as leader and others as individuals and members of working groups; leadership practice and decision making as individuals and small groups.

154. Wage and Salary Administration (3)
Prerequisite: Bus Ad 151. Economic forces and institutional factors in wage determination; wage programs; job evaluation; wage payment methods; wage supplements.

156. Labor Law (3)
Prerequisite: Econ IA-B; B A 18, 110A-B. State and federal labor statutes workmen's compensation. social security; procedures and methods in handling labor problems; leading decisions of courts and other bodies in settling labor-management disputes.

159. Problems in Manpower Management (3)
Prerequisite: B A 150, 152. Manpower policy formulation and decision making; labor market analysis; governmental manpower policy; methodology and application of manpower research. Individual and group research projects; case analysis and presentation; computer applications.

161A-B. Principles of Operations Research (3-3)
B A 161A not open to students with credit in B A 161. (A) Prerequisite: B A 65 or 102. Systems approach to decision making; mathematical models and management; OR tools and techniques; modern decision theory. (B) Prerequisite: B A 103, 161A. Stochastic models, single station finite and infinite populations, probability distributions, queueing theory, simulation, Monte Carlo method, (PERT/CPM).

162. Advanced Computer Programming (3)
Prerequisite: B A 62A-B. Algorithmic and procedure-oriented languages; arrays, graphs, sorting, merging, symbol tables, searching, list processing, simulation techniques, discs and tape program segmentation and linkage.

164. Interactive Decision Making (3; max total 6)
Limited to seniors with business and quantitative background. Participation in interactive, dynamic business games. Applications of techniques of finance, accounting, personnel management, and quantitative areas to business problems. (3-day field trip required)

165. Work Simplification (2)
Offered in extension. Recomniended prerequisite: work experience. Basic principles of motion economy and industrial engineering applied to office and shop; flow process charts, man and machine charts; social and personnel problems involved in work simplification procedures.

166. Applied Computer Systems (3)
Prerequisite: Aect IA-B or 4A-B, 128 or 132, B A 62B (B A 62A and 161A-B desirable). Development and programming of management information systems; accounting subsystems for external reporting and for internal control; synthesis of operations research, accounting, and management control techniques.

168. Data Processing Management (3)
Prerequisite: Acct IA-B or 4A-B, 128 or 132, B A 62A or B (B A 124 desirable). Theories, cost and problems of operation of a computer center; standards; flow of work, scheduling, batching, spooling, multiprogramming, and multiprocessing techniques as methods of control and operation.

169. Machine Language Programming (3)
Prerequisite: B A 62A or B. Machine assembly and symbolic languages; report generators; development of macro instructions. Requires development of programs in several languages.

170. Agricultural Production Economics (3)
Prerequisite: Econ 1A-B. Study combining the resource structure and organization of agriculture as an industry with the application of economic principles in agricultural production.

171. Rural Land Economics (3)
Prerequisite: Econ 1A-B. Rural land use problems, policies and programs; land and water resource development; population influences.

172. Marketing of Agricultural Products (3) (Former Mkt 102)
Prerequisite: Econ 1A-B. Basic marketing functions, policies, and problems in- volved in handling agricultural products; economic concepts, business decisions, and practical applications.

173. Computer Configurations (3)
Prerequisite: B A 62A or, B, 169, and a basic electronics course. In-depth study of selection and installation of hardware and software of various computers; feasibility studies, comparisons of self-managed versus service bureau operations; comparison of competitive systems; costs of reprogramming.

177. Agricultural Finance (3)
Prerequisite: Econ 1A-B. Analysis of agricultural credit problems; acquisition and management of capital; financing the farm business enterprise.

179. Agricultural Policy (3)
Prerequisite: Econ 1A-B. Governmental policies and programs affecting the economic position of agriculture; evaluation of specific programs which influence agricultural production, marketing, prices, income, and financial aids.

180. Urban Land Economics and Real Estate Principles (3)
Prerequisite: Econ IA-B. Processes and patterns of urban land utilization; urban land in a market process; competition among alternative uses; case studies.

181. Valuation of Real Property (3)
Prerequisite: B A 190. Theory of real property value; historical development; methods used in urban and rural property appraisals; special purpose appraisals. Field work required.

183. Urban Real Estate Investment and Management (3)
Prerequisite: B A 180. Acquisition, development, management, and sale of investment properties; guest lecturers; case studies.

184. Real Estate Law (3)
Prerequisite: B A 118 or equivalent. Legal aspects of acquisition and ownership of real estate; conveyances, mortgages, evidences of title; planning and zoning.

186. Land Use in Urban Areas (2)
Prerequisite: B A 180 or equivalent. Urban growth and development; relative land values in different uses; urban economics; investment decisions and analysis in land use; case studies.

189T. Topics in Business Administration (1-3; max total 9 if no topic repeated)
Prerequisite: senior standing or permission of instructor. Studies in business administration including agricultural economics, business economics, business law, computer applications, finance, industrial relations, insurance, management, operations research, personnel, production, quantitative studies, real estate and urban land economics, transportation.

190. Independent Study (1-3, max see reference)
See Regulations and Procedures-Independent Study.

199. Supervised Work Experience (1; max total 4)
Open only to business administration majors. Prerequisite: permission of instructor. Supervised work experience in business and industry; analyzed in weekly class meeting.

200 series. Graduate courses are listed under Business.




 

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