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Business Electives for Non-Business Students
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Accounting
ACCT 1160: Survey of Accounting
- Understand basic financial statement reports, concepts and principles
- Understand basic managerial accounting systems, concepts, and principles
- Recognize accounting’s critical role in today’s economic environment
Economics
ECON 2105: Principles of Macroeconomics
- Discover how choices affect national and global economies
- Understand economy-wide problems such as inflation and unemployment
- Study the consequences of government involvement in the economy
ECON 2106: Principles of Microeconomics
- Discuss choices made by people and firms in response to constraints and incentives
- Learn how scarce resources and price affect individual, firm, and market behavior
ECON 4000: The Economics of Human Resources (Fall only)
- Identify the costs and benefits managers should consider when deciding to hire, train, promote or terminate employees
- Analyze workers’ decisions to invest in human capital
- Identify the factors firms should consider in determining organizational structure and compensation schemes
Entrepreneurship
ENTR 5430: Franchising
- Evaluate the advantages and risks of franchising as a growth opportunity
- Examine components of a successful franchise venture, including accounting, finance, development, and marketing methods
ENTR 5500: Introduction to Entrepreneurship
- Examine case studies of entrepreneurs and entrepreneurial ventures
- Learn new business structures, fundraising methods, and ways to define markets
ENTR 5510: Developing Successful Business Plans
- Identify key tasks involved in creating a successful business plan and explore different ways to accomplish each task
- Develop a feasibility analysis and business plan for a prospective new venture
Finance
FINA 4050: Capitalism
- Introduction to the economic concept of capitalism
- Study capitalism and other alternative societal mechanisms for resource allocation, including socialism and a mixed economy
- Readings of both critical and supportive of capitalism as an economic system, including moral, efficiency, and ethical views
Music Business
MBUS 1100: Introduction to the Music Business
- Obtain the skills necessary to begin and maintain a career in the music industry
- Know the fundamental concepts of business practices in the music industry
- Learn practical applications of classroom knowledge to the music business environment
MBUS 3000: Business Fundamentals as Applied to the Music Industry
- Gain the business fundamentals you need to navigate the music industry
- Learn how business concepts apply to the various fields in the music industry
- Understand fundamental approaches to business issues
Real Estate
REAL 4000: Real Estate
- Learn and apply basic business principles including finance, economics, and law
- Examine the role of real estate within the economy and its importance to firms and individuals
Risk Management + Insurance
RMIN 4000: Risk Management and Insurance
- Know how to identify and evaluate risk management principles critical to any business professional
- Recognize risk management’s important role in the growing concern over catastrophe and financial risks
- Explore career opportunities in the field of risk management and insurance