Course: Great Works in Business
[BUS 334] 3 Credits - Elective

Prerequisite: Completion of 75 or more credits.

Course Description:

This intensive undergraduate seminar explores the essential concepts and theories embodied in a selection of the great works of business. Focusing on a selection of great works (The Practice of Management by Peter Drucker, for instance), the seminar provides a foundation for the study of business and "business literacy."

Course: Special Topics in Business
[BUS 336] 3 Credits - Elective

Prerequisite: Completion of 75 or more credits.

Course Description:

This allows for treatment of topics in business not covered in the regular curriculum. Topics vary from term to term and reflect the interests of faculty and students. Course description may be obtained by going to the college website and/or e-mailing the instructor before registration. Students may take this course more than once for credit but may not repeat topics.

Course: Research Methods for Business
[BUS 410] 3 Credits - Elective

Prerequisite: Corporation Finance [BUS 333]

Course Description:

This course will develop students’ abilities to: (1) use qualitative and quantitative techniques to collect, analyze, and interpret business data and (2) be informed users of information relevant to business. The students will learn how to use qualitative methods such as observation techniques and focus groups, to formulate a research problem, to choose a research design, to use secondary data and online information databases, to design a questionnaire, to gather primary data, to analyze survey data using a variety of statistical techniques, and to write a research report. The course will also emphasize the importance of ethics in conducting business research.