Business Administration Course Descriptions

BAd 133 Introduction to Business
Prerequisite:   None
This course is a comprehensive, updated introduction to all key business functions:   management, marketing, accounting, finance and information technology.   Core topics highlighted within these functional areas include ethics and social responsibility, small business concerns, different forms of business ownership and operations of small businesses.   The course is structured around the main components of a business plan from introduction to executive summary.
3 credits

BAd 243 Business Law
Prerequisite:  None
An introductory course of the principles of law as they apply to citizens and businesses.  The course will include an understanding of the court system at the local, state and national level.  Students will gain an understanding of contract law, their rights and responsibilities as citizens, utilization of financial transaction, employment and agency relationships and the understanding of the regulations governing different types of business organizations. 
3 credits

BAd 253 Principles of Management
Prerequisite: BAd 133
This course provides an in-depth exposure to the practice of management in modern business.  Topics include: the management functions of planning, decision-making, organizing & staffing, communicating, motivating & leading, and evaluating & controlling; the various styles and characteristics of successful managers; and management challenges facing today’s firms. 
 3 credits

BAd 290 Sophomore Special Topics In Business
Prerequisite: Department Chair & Instructor approval
Studies in various special business topics at the sophomore level, courses are offered as student and/or community interest indicates and appropriate instructors are available.  Course content may change from semester to semester; thus the class may be taken more than one time, when different topics are offered.  Course credit offered may vary, depending upon the particular subject matter and content.   credit – variable.

BAd 303 Human Resource Management
Prerequisites:  BAd 133 & 253
This course covers the principles and techniques of human resource management including legislation affecting employers today.  It also covers the human resource functions of procurement, organization, development, compensation, integration, management and separation.   
3 credits

BAd 313 Organizational Theory & Behavior
Prerequisite:  BAd 303
This course is a behavior approach to management with emphasis on the understanding, prediction, and control of human behavior in the organization setting.  Topics include individual behavior, interpersonal and group behavior, environmental adaptation and organizational effectiveness.   
3 credits

BAd 263 Principle of Marketing
Prerequisites: None
An overview of the field of modern marketing, with detailed emphasis on: the marketing concept; strategic marketing – with environmental scanning and internal audits; social responsibility and ethics in marketing; marketing research & information systems; consumer behavior & organizational markets; products, the product life-cycle, product management, branding-packaging-labeling; the marketing of services & service quality.    
3 credits

BAd 333Business Communications
Prerequisite: Engl 113 (or higher)
This course covers modern practices in the preparing, planning, writing and dictating all types of business letters and reports that are commonly required in business operations.   
3 Credits

BAd 343 Decision Support Systems
Prerequisites:  MIS 113, Math 134, and Math 313
Stresses role of the manager and the strategic use of technology in business.  
3 credits

BAd 363 Business Finance
Prerequisites: Acct 213 & Math 313
This course provides an introduction to business finance with an emphasis on the use of information from the three basic financial statements to do ratio analysis, financial forecasting, and calculate the degree of business leverage.  In addition, working capital & cash management, short-term financing, the time value of money concept, the cost of capital, and various valuation methods are discussed.  
3 credits

BAd 373 Grants Proposal Writing & Management
Prerequisites: Acct 203, Engl 113
This course provides “hands-on” instruction in developing a team to address a need, write a comprehensive Grant request proposal, and find appropriate sources of funding.  Student teams will actually research, write and present a complete mock-Grant Proposal as the culminating class exercise.   
3 credits
BAd 223/423 Organizing & Operating a Small Business
Prerequisites:  BAd 253 & BAd 263
This course identifies the key issues and requirements involved in the start-up, financing and operation of a small for-profit business.  Coursework culminates in the writing and presentation of a mock-Business Plan, detailing a fictional firm of the student’s choice that is suitable for soliciting financing.  
3 credits

BAd 443 Problems in Business
Prerequisites: Senior Standing, Department Chair & Instructor approval
Important issues and problems in business today are reviewed during the first-half of the semester, students then proceed to guided independent research in an area of personal interest to them, culminating in the writing and presentation of a significant Research Paper on the selected business issue. 
 3 credits

BAd 453 Seminar in Strategic Management
Prerequisites:  Degree Candidate status & Department Chair approval
This is the capstone course for graduating seniors in Business Administration, studying the role of top managers’ in developing and implementing an organization’s strategies.  Extensive student participation and presentations occur in the seminar format, with the case study method used to analyze strategic theory and actual business applications.   
3 credits

BAd 463 Tribal Planning & Administration
Prerequisite:  BAd 313  
This is an applied course in the principles of management and personnel supervision, as they relate to Tribal programs.  Emphasis is on: understanding and solving personnel problems, writing program objectives, defining activities to be done, effective planning, the direction & evaluation of a Tribal program, managing budgets, and studying the interrelationship between various programs and Tribal governments. 
3 credits

BAd 483 Business Ethics & Social Responsibility
Prerequisites: Econ 213 & BAd 253
This is a study of ethics and social responsibility as they relate to issues, conflicts, decision-making, and program development in business today.  The impact of business activities on: stockholders, employees, communities, the environment, and society in general are discussed in detail.
3 credits

BAd 490 Senior Special topics in Business
Prerequisite: Department Chair & Instructor approval
Studies in various special business topics at the senior level, courses are offered as student and/or community interest indicates and appropriate instructors are available.  Course content may change from semester to semester; thus the class may be taken more than one time, when different topics are offered.  Course credit offered may vary, depending upon the particular subject matter and content.    credit – variable.