Pre Major Curriculum: 21 credits

ACCT 101 Principles of Accounting (3)

An introduction to financial accounting concepts and financial reporting, with the focus being on how decision makers analyze, interpret, and use accounting information. Emphasis is given to how accounting measures, records, and reports economic activities for corporations and on the relationship between accrual and cash flow measures in interpreting accounting information. 

ACCT 210 Managerial Accounting (3)

Managerial accounting studies the identification, analysis, communication, and interpretation of internal information, both financial and non-financial, for operational and strategic decision-making purposes. The purpose of this course is to build students’ understanding of the three primary internal functions of the corporate finance team: planning operations, controlling activities, and decision making, and embraces the use of accounting information for planning and control purposes in both operational and strategic decision-making. Prerequisite: ACCT101 with a “C” (2.0) or better.

STAT 204 Applied Business Statistics (3)

This course provides students with developing analytical ability and using statistical tools to make effective business decisions. Students will learn statistical methods for business and management, including descriptive statistics, basic probability theory, sampling distributions, hypothesis testing, confidence intervals, and simple and multiple regression analysis. Microsoft EXCEL spreadsheet will be used to describe and analyze sample data. Prerequisite: STAT 101 with a “C” (2.0) or better.

ECON 201 Microeconomics (3)

This course focuses on basic economic problems leading to labor divisions in society and economic systems; mechanisms, concepts and theories of microeconomics in consumption, production, savings and investment of government and private sectors; analysis of the relationships and equilibrium of various markets of both closed and open economies; and general guidelines for dealing with basic economic problems. Prerequisite: ECON101 with a “C” (2.0) or better.

ECON 251 Macroeconomics (3)

Students examine how the economy behaves at the aggregate level and how national income is measured and determined. Topics include an overview of macroeconomics; measuring gross domestic product, inflation and unemployment; demand including the multiplier process; supply, business cycles, long term growth; money, banking and monetary policy; inflation; interest rates; stagflation; deficits and fiscal policy; exchange rates and balance of payments; exchange rate policy; purchasing power and interest rate parity. Prerequisite: ECON101 with a “C” (2.0) or better.

 BUS 350 The Legal Environment of Business (3)

Laws and regulations affecting the business environment and managerial decisions including the legal system and methods of dispute resolution. Topics include torts, crimes, contracts, product liability, business organization, employment, antitrust, environmental protection; incorporates ethical considerations and international perspectives. Uses case studies.

ISDS 101 Introduction to Business Computation (3)

This course is an introduction to the basic concepts and standards underlying business computation systems. Basic concepts will be studied in detail. This course will give the undergraduate business student a strong background in the Windows environment. They will learn about the Windows operating system first, covering such topics as the Windows Explorer. Windows application software comprises the primary material studied in the class. The applications covered are word processing using Word, spreadsheets using Excel, and presentation management software using PowerPoint. Prerequisite: COMP 101 with a “C” (2.0) or better.