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Accounting • ACCT 2000 Survey of Accounting (3) Credit will not be given for both this course and ACCT 2001. Students in nonbusiness curricula are advised to enroll in ACCT 2000 if they are given the option of ACCT 2000 or ACCT 2001, unless they plan to pursue a business degree at a subsequent date. All students in the E. J. Ourso College of Business are required to take ACCT 2001. Introduction to the meaning of the values presented in financial statements; management accounting concepts and internal decision making; fundamentals of individual income taxes. 2001 Introductory Financial Accounting (3) Prereq.: MATH 1021 or equivalent. Credit will not be given for both this course and ACCT 2000. Required of all students in the E. J. Ourso College of Business. Students in nonbusiness curricula are advised to enroll in ACCT 2000 if they are given the option of ACCT 2000 or ACCT 2001, unless they plan to pursue a business degree at a subsequent date. Financial accounting with emphasis on knowledge required for completion of the accounting cycle, including income measurement and financial statement preparation; accounting for current and plant assets, current and long-term liabilities, stockholders' equity, and cash flows. 2101 Introductory Managerial Accounting (3) Prereq.: ACCT 2000 or 2001 or equivalent. Not for students majoring in Accounting or Finance. Principles and methods of accounting primarily concerned with data gathering and presentation for purposes of internal management evaluation and decision making. 3001 Intermediate Accounting—Part I (3) Prereq.: grade of “C” or above in ACCT 2001 or equivalent; MATH 1431. College of Business students or permission of department. Credit will not be given for both this course and ACCT 2021. Accounting principles underlying preparation of financial statements; their application in measurement and reporting of selected balance-sheet items and related revenue and expense recognition. 3021 Intermediate Accounting—Part II (3) Prereq.: grade of “C” or above in ACCT 3001. Continuation of ACCT 3001. Accounting for liabilities, income taxes, pensions, leases, stockholders' equity, earnings per share, accounting changes and corrections of errors, and income and balance sheet presentations. 3121 Cost Analysis and Control (3) Prereq.: ACCT 3001. Nature, objectives, basic systems, and procedures of cost accounting and control for manufacturing firms; cost volume- profit relationships; standard costs and variance analysis; direct costing; relevant costs; activity-based costing. 3122 Accounting Information Systems (3) Prereq.: ACCT 3001 and ISDS 1100. Majors only or permission of department. Analysis and design of standard accounting systems; emphasis on computerized systems and internal control issues. 3201 Fundamental Tax Problems and Tax Planning for
Individuals (3) Not open to accounting majors. Not
intended to satisfy the requirements to sit for the CPA 3221 Income Tax Accounting I (3) Prereq.: credit or registration in ACCT 3001. Credit will not be given for both this course and ACCT 3201. Fundamentals of federal income taxation with respect to individuals and other entities, income inclusions and exclusions, and statutory deductions in arriving at tax liability. 3222 Auditing (3) Prereq.: ACCT 3021 and 3122. Theoretical and practical development of the independent
audit function; generally accepted auditing standards; 3233 Internal Auditing I (3) Internal auditing standards, ethics, concepts, audit techniques, and reporting practices. 4021 Cases in Accounting Policy (3) Prereq.: accounting major with senior standing. Case approach; integrates financial accounting, systems, auditing, income tax, and management uses of accounting information; emphasis on financial reporting to owners, the financial community, regulatory agencies, and the general public; relationship of accounting to the law. 4022 Advanced Accounting (3) Prereq.: ACCT 3021; MS in accounting students or permission of department. Completion of the core financial accounting sequence; business combinations, consolidated financial statements, segment reporting, foreign operations, and Securities and Exchange Commission procedures. 4121 Advanced Cost Analysis (3) Prereq.: ACCT 3121. Measurement, interpretation, planning, and control of manufacturing and distribution costs; budgets and budgetary control; comparison of costs of business alternatives. 4221 Income Tax Accounting II (1-3) Prereq.: ACCT
3221; MS in accounting students or permission of
department. Credit will not be given for both this course 4225 Research in Federal Income Taxation (3) Prereq.: credit or registration in ACCT 3221. MS in accounting students or permission of department. Credit will not be given for this course and ACCT 7210. Techniques and procedures involved in tax planning and research. 4231 Internship in Accounting (3) Prereq.: permission of instructor and department chair required. Grade of “C” or above in ACCT 3021. Credit will not be given for this course and ACCT 4333 or 7231 or 7333. Pass-fail grading. At least 20 hours per week (3 credits) of learning experience in accounting under the general supervision of a faculty member and direct supervision of a professional in accounting. Grading based on the faculty member's evaluation, a written report by the professional supervisor, and a written report by the student. 4232 Advanced Auditing (3) Prereq.: ACCT 3222; MS in accounting students or permission of department. Independent auditor's legal and ethical obligations to society; responsibility for the detection and reporting of fraud; statistical sampling concepts and applications; extensions of the auditor's function including operational auditing, compliance auditing, and reporting on other types of financial and nonfinancial information. 4233 Case Studies in Auditing (3) Prereq.: ACCT 3233. Case studies in operational, compliance, and financial audits. 4234 Internal Auditing II (3) Prereq.: grade of “C” or above in ACCT 3233. Operation, organization, and quality control audits; organization theory. 4235 Fraud Auditing and Forensic Accounting (3) Prereq.: ACCT 3001; MS in accounting students or permission of department. Credit will not be given for this course and ACCT 7235. Proactive and reactive fraud auditing including audit committee and liability related issues; investigative decision making for prevention, detection, investigation, and reporting of fraud. 4236 Environmental and Safety Auditing (3) Prereq.: ACCT 3233. Compliance and legal issues relative to environmental laws and safety regulations; emphasis on current laws and compliance auditing methodology. 4244 EDP Auditing (3) Prereq.: ACCT 3222 or 3233; MS in accounting students or permission of department. Credit will not be given for this course and ACCT 7244. Electronic data processing (EDP) control, audit applications, and generalized audit software systems. 4333 Internship in Internal Auditing (3) Prereq.: Permission of instructor and department chair required. Credit will not be given for this course and ACCT 4231 or 7231 or 7333. Pass-fail grading. At least 20 hrs. per week of learning experience in internal auditing under the general supervision of a faculty member and direct supervision of a professional in internal auditing. Grading based on the faculty member’s evaluation, a written report by the professional supervisor, and a written report by the student. 4421 Governmental and Not-for-Profit Accounting (3) Prereq.: ACCT 3001. Credit will not be given for this course and ACCT 7421. Accounting, budgeting, fiscal processes, and financial records of local, state, and federal governmental bodies and of private nonprofit institutions. 4501 Petroleum Accounting (3) Prereq.: ACCT 3021 and 3121; MS in accounting students or permission of department. Accounting for oil and gas exploration and production; accounting for oil and gas leases, exploration costs, undeveloped properties, drilling and development operations, production, and oil and gas revenues. 7021 Advanced Theory of Accounts (3) Prereq.: ACCT 3021 and consent of instructor; or ACCT 4022. MS in accounting students or permission of instructor. Corporate reporting strategies and practices by managers; preparation of financial statements; interpretation of corporate financial reports. 7122 Budgeting, Cost Analysis, and Control (3) Prereq.: ACCT 3121. Use of external accounting systems for decision-making and control. 7201 Tax Aspects of Business Entities (3) Prereq.: ACCT 3021 or equivalent. Basic concepts of business entities, including corporations, partnerships, and S corporations; tax consequences of the formation and operation of a business entity, and distributions to the owners. 7202 Income Taxation of Equity Exchanges and Redemptions (3) Prereq.: ACCT 7201. Income tax consequences of the sales and exchanges of equity interests, the redemptions of equity interests, and business divisions and liquidations. 7203 Taxation of Corporations and Shareholders (3) Prereq.: ACCT 3221 or equivalent. Credit will not be given for both this course and ACCT 4221. Basic tax concepts of corporations, including creation, operation, ownership changes, acquisitions, liquidations, reorganizations, and consolidated tax returns. 7210 Tax Research, Planning and Business Decision Making (3) Prereq.: ACCT 3221 or equivalent. Credit will not be given for both this course and ACCT 4225. Fundamental tax research methodology based on the Internal Revenue Code, regulations and rulings, judicial interpretations, annotated and topical tax services, computerized tax research methods, and techniques of communicating research results. 7222 Auditing Theory and Standards (3) Prereq.: ACCT 3222; MS in accounting students or permission of instructor. A comprehensive analysis of the theory and practice of independent auditing. 7231 Internship in Accounting (3) Prereq.: Permission of instructor and department chair required. Credit will not be given for this course and ACCT 4231 or 4333 or 7333. Pass-fail grading. At least 20 hours per week (3 credits) of learning experience in accounting under the general supervision of a faculty member and direct supervision of a professional in accounting. Grading based on the faculty member's evaluation, a written report by the professional supervisor, and a written report by the student. 7232 Case Studies in Internal Auditing (3) Prereq.: ACCT 7233. Primarily for MBA and MS students. Performance, compliance, prudence, and fraud audits. 7233 Graduate Internal Auditing (3) Prereq.: consent of instructor. Primarily for MBA and MS students. Theory of internal auditing; efficiency, effectiveness, and economy audits. 7234 Operational Auditing (3) Prereq.: ACCT 7233. Primarily for MBA and MS students. Operational audit methodology for management audits, functional audits, risk analysis, and auditable unit analysis. 7235 Fraud Auditing (3) Prereq.: ACCT 3001 or equivalent. MS in accounting students or permission of department. Credit will not be given for this course and ACCT 4235. Study of risk and controls relative to the deterrence, prevention, and detection of beneficial and detrimental fraud. 7244 Systems Auditing (3) Prereq.: ACCT 3222 or 3233, or permission of instructor. Credit will not be given for this course and ACCT 4244. Selected topics in the control and audit of computer systems. 7250 Current Topics in Federal Income Taxation (3) Prereq.: ACCT 3221 or equivalent. May be taken for a max. of 6 hrs. of credit. Tax research and planning in current major interest areas of tax law. 7255 Fundamentals of Federal Income Tax (3) Prereq.: ACCT 3221 or equivalent. Relationship among statutes, case law, congressional committee reports, and administrative pronouncements. 7256 Internal Revenue Service Practice and Procedure (3) MS in accounting students or permission of department. Practices and procedures of the Internal Revenue Service; client representation. 7270 Statement and Report Presentation and Analysis (3) MS in accounting students or permission of department. 7301 Financial Information Systems (3) Prereq.: ACCT 3122 or equivalent. MS in accounting students or permission of department. Basic knowledge of computers and databases. Financial information systems, with emphasis on the analysis and design of a system and its use in financial planning, control, and reporting. 7310 Tax Aspects of Personal Financial Planning (3) Prereq.: ACCT 3221. Basic concepts of estate and gift taxation and income taxes as they affect personal tax planning; emphasis on wealth accumulation. 7333 Internship in Internal Auditing (3) Prereq.: Permission of instructor and department chair required. Credit will not be given for this course and ACCT 4231 or 4333 or 7231. Pass-fail grading. At least 20 hrs per week of learning experience in internal auditing under the general supervision of a faculty member and direct supervision of a professional in internal auditing. Grading based on the faculty member’s evaluation and a written report by the professional supervisor, and a written report by the student. 7421 Public Sector Accounting and Reporting (3) Prereq.: ACCT 3001. MS in accounting students or permission department. Credit will not be given for this course and ACCT 4421. Public sector management competencies for executive directors, managers, accountants, and consultants for government and nonprofit organizations; topics include financial reporting, regulation, managerial, auditing, taxation, and information systems issues in governmental and nonprofit entities. 7601 International Accounting (3) MS in accounting students or permission of department. Accounting principles, auditing environments, managerial objectives, and financial reporting requirements applicable to multinational corporations; causes of international accounting problems. 8900 Pre-dissertation Research (1-9) May be repeated for credit. Pass-fail grading. Permission of instructor and department chair required. 9000 Dissertation Research (1-12 per sem.) “S”/“U” grading. 9001 Accounting Research I (3) For doctoral students only. Research methodologies in accounting and a survey of the accounting research literature. 9002 Accounting Research II (3) For doctoral students only. Theory and evidence relating to internal decision making and control, financial accounting, and auditing. 9003 Accounting Research III (3) For doctoral students only. Continuation of ACCT 9002. Theory and evidence relating to internal decision making and control, financial accounting, and auditing. 9004 Accounting Research IV (3) For doctoral students only. May be taken for a max. of 6 hrs. of credit. Seminar in current accounting research topics.
1000 Introduction to the Study of Business (1) F Enrollment in this course is limited to students admitted to the E. J. Ourso College of Business. Introduction to the E. J. Ourso College of Business policies and resources including academic advising, majors, career alternatives, college technology, and student organizations. 1001 Introduction to Business (3) May not be taken by students in the E. J. Ourso College of Business. Operation of the business firm; function of the businessman; nature of economic system and private enterprise. 3000 Family Business Management (3) Prereq.: ACCT 2001, 2101; ECON 2000, 2010; ISDS 1100; MKT 3401. Family business culture; entrepreneurial influences; key issues and conflicts; career planning; counseling and consulting; professional support relationships; survival skills as a son or daughter in a family business. 4000 Innovation and Creativity (3) Prereq.: ACCT 2001, 2101; ECON 2000, 2010; ISDS 1100; MKT 3401. Role of creativity and innovation in product, service, or idea generation that may eventually lead to business formation and commercialization; barriers to creativity and innovation; alternative problem-solving approaches. 4010 Special Topics in Entrepreneurship (3) May be taken for a max. of 6 sem. hrs. of credit when topics vary. In-depth coverage of special topics. 4020 Internship in Entrepreneurship (3) Prereq.: approval of department. May be repeated for a max. of 6 sem. hrs. when topics vary. Gaining first-hand knowledge of the business start-up process; practical hands-on experience in business-plan formation. 4030 Independent Study in Entrepreneurship (3) Prereq.: approval of department. May be repeated for a max. of 6 sem. hrs. credit when topics vary. Detailed study of a specific aspect of entrepreneurship. 7000 Internship in Business Administration (3) Prereq.: prior approval of MBA director. Open only to full-time MBA students. May be taken once for credit. 10 hrs. of learning experience (fall/spring); 20 hrs. (summer). General supervision by a faculty member; direct supervision by a business professional. Pass-fail grading based on a written evaluation by the professional supervisor, a written report by the student, and the faculty member's evaluation. 7010 The Practice of Business (1) F,S Open only to students in the MBA program. Taken each semester of the MBA program. Course must be successfully completed four times prior to graduation. Exposure to the practice of business; a series of visits to area businesses, in conjunction with classroom experiences, to learn how managers and operations specialists in various industries cultivate, shape, and exploit their companies' resources to meet current and future market needs. 7020 Managerial Statistics (3) Open only to students in the MBA program. An introduction to statistical thinking and overview of statistical methods used to analyze and interpret data, draw inferences, and make decisions; topics include descriptive statistics, probability, sampling and sampling distributions, estimation, confidence intervals, hypothesis testing, linear regression, forecasting, and control charting; emphasis on how to use spreadsheets to analyze data and how to interpret the results. 7030 Understanding Financial Information (3) Composition of financial statements; information processing and reporting for the purpose of understanding accounting information; legal and ethical obligations of the accounting profession. 7040 Managerial Economics (3) Practical applications of microeconomic theory; demand forecasting techniques, cost estimation, and analysis of market structures. 7050 Information Systems (3) Prereq.: ISDS 1100 or equivalent. Open only to students in the MBA program. Contemporary topics in information systems; a survey of information system analysis and design; introduction to business data communication, database management systems, and knowledge based systems; enterprise-wide systems and information systems control. 7060 Elements of Cost Management (3) Prereq.: BADM 7030. Open only to students in the MBA program. Understanding and applying cost management practices used in business today; development of costing and budgeting systems used for cost management; applications of analysis used in management decision making and control; cost-profit-volume analysis; analysis of variances between budgeted and actual cost; methods of evaluating responsibility centers based upon profitability measures. 7070 Understanding Behavior in Organizations (3) F Open only to students in the MBA program. Broad understanding of factors influencing the behavior of individuals in organizations; topics include the individual and contextual determinants of behavior and the tools managers use to influence and direct employee behavior; emphasis on managerial applications of behavioral science theories. 7080 Macroeconomic Analysis & Issues (3) Open only to students in the MBA program. Examining forces determining the magnitude of such variables as the aggregate volume of an economy's output, the volume of resource employment, the size of national income, and the general price level; international variables of trade and financial flows; international trade agreements and other foreign variables that affect exchange rates, domestic income, output, prices, and employment, 7090 Financial Management (3) Prereq.: BADM 7030. Credit will not be given for this course and FIN 7717. Investment and financing decisions within the firm; role of capital markets; usefulness and limitations of financial data; cash flow projections; working capital management. 7100 Marketing Administration (3) Marketing decision making and planning, including marketing research, product development and management, distribution, demand estimation, market structure analysis, pricing, promotion, advertising, and direct marketing. 7120 Operations Management (3) Prereq.: BADM 7020. Open only to students in the MBA program. Major problems and decision processes of operations management; operations strategy; process and capacity planning; facilities planning; aggregate planning; materials planning; quality planning. 7140 Legal Environment of Business (3) Open only to students in the MBA program. The structure of the legal environment of business; sources of law affecting business; constitutional issues in the legal environment of business; contracts and sales; torts; products liability; corporations; securities; bankruptcy; antitrust; discrimination; labor relations; environmental law; criminal law; its impact negotiation strategies; associated ethical and international issues. 7160 Negotiation, Persuasion, and Influence (1.5) F Experiential-based course designed to provide managers with the basic concepts and techniques necessary for effective negotiation and conflict resolution in a variety of business contexts. 7170 Understanding International Management Challenges (3) F Open only to students in the MBA program. Theories and management of international operations; development of environmental, operational, strategic, and decision making perspectives. 7190 Managing Sources of Competitive Advantage (3) S Contemporary approaches to developing and sustaining a competitive advantage in global competition; topics include: competition for competence, strategy and technology, managing home and host government relations, cooperative strategy, strategic alliances, organizational innovation, and managing global strategic change. 7200 Economic Environment of the Firm (3) National and global issues that affect the firm; an introduction to theoretical concepts and policy issues associated mainly with macroeconomics and to a lesser degree with managerial economics. 7210 Understanding Ethical Issues in Business (1.5) S Designed to help future managers confront and successfully manage ethical issues and their economic, legal, political, social, and cultural aspects. 7270 Seminar in New Developments in Business Administration (3) 7420 Financing New Ventures I (1.5) Insight into financing new ventures and investing in companies in early stages; sourcing, qualifying, and analyzing deals; negotiating, structuring, and pricing; creating value; realizing value through various kinds of exit from the business. 7421 Financing New Ventures II (1.5) Prereq.: BADM 7420. Focus on cases and projects taken from actual financing situations; structuring of venture capital; the process of making investments in emerging companies. 7430 Family Business Management (1.5) Key issues and conflicts facing individuals and families involved in business relationships; family business culture; entrepreneurial influences; career planning; professional support relationship; survival skills as a son or daughter in a family business. 7432 Innovation and Creativity (1.5) Role of creativity and innovation in product, service, or idea generation that may eventually lead to business formation and commercialization; barriers to creativity and innovation; alternative problem-solving approaches. 7440 Franchise Development (1.5) Important factors in starting and managing a new franchise; characteristics of franchiser and franchisee; evaluation of franchising opportunities; legal concerns of franchising; development of appropriate strategies. 7441 Franchise Planning (1.5) Prereq.: BADM 7440. Development of franchising business plan to include marketing, management, financial projections, and operations manual outline. 7460 Special Topics in Entrepreneurship (1.5) May be repeated for a max. of 6 sem. hrs. credit when topics vary. In-depth coverage in special topics such as women-owned business, home-based business, exporting for small business, and team-building for start-ups. 7470 Internship in Entrepreneurship (1.5) May be repeated for a max. of 6 sem. hrs. of credit when topics vary. Understanding actual entrepreneurial situations; creating an integrated, cross-functional strategy; implementing and managing projects. 7480 Independent Study in Entrepreneurship (1.5) Prereq.: departmental approval. May be repeated for a max. of 6 sem. hrs. credit when topics vary. Detailed study of a specific aspect of entrepreneurship. 7900 Human Factors in Business and Industry: Current Problems (3) May be taken for a max. of 6 hrs. of credit when topics vary. Human factors related to business problems. 8000 Thesis Research (1-12 per sem.) “S”/“U” grading. 8900 Pre-dissertation Research (1-9) May be repeated for credit. 9000 Dissertation Research (1-12 per sem.) “S”/“U” grading. 2000 Principles of Microeconomics (3) Credit will not be given for both this course and ECON 2020 or 2030. Study of how households and firms make decisions and how they interact in specific markets; theories of production price determination, trade, externalities, and public goods. 2010 Principles of Macroeconomics (3) Prereq.: ECON 2000. Credit will not be given for both this course and ECON 2030. Study of economy-wide phenomena, including inflation, unemployment, the monetary system, economic growth, international trade and finance. 2030 Economic Principles (3) An honors course, ECON 2031, is also available. Credit will not be given for both this course and ECON 2000 or 2010 or 2020. Economic understanding of both micro- and macroeconomic principles; problems associated with monetary policy, fiscal policy, public finance, government and business, labor, international trade, economic growth, and comparative economic systems. 2031 HONORS: Economic Principles (3) Same as ECON 2030, with special honors emphasis for qualified students. 2035 Money, Banking, and Macroeconomic Activity (3) Prereq.: ECON 2000 and 2010; or 2030. Role of commercial banks, other financial institutions, and the central bank in affecting the performance of the economy; relationships of money and fiscal policy to prices, production, and employment; internal and external effects of U.S. fiscal and monetary policy. 3715 Business Finance (3) See FIN 3715. 3900 Selected Topics in Economics (3) Prereq.: ECON 2000 and 2010 or 2030. May be taken for a max. of 6 hrs. of credit when topics vary. 3999 Independent Study: Economic Problems (1-3) May be taken for credit for a max. of 6 sem. hrs. For undergraduate students with a onlinepoint average of 3.00 or above. Independent economic research and study under the direction of a faculty member. 4010 The United States—Its Economic Growth (3) Prereq.: ECON 2000 and 2010; or 2030; or equivalent. The American economy; modern problems dealing with money and banking, taxation, labor, international trade, and American position in world affairs. 4020 Comparative Economic Systems (3) Prereq.: ECON 2000 and 2010; or 2030. Theory and practice of economic systems: capitalism, socialism, and centrally planned economies. 4025 The Russian Economy in the 20th Century (3) Prereq.: ECON 2000 and 2010; or 2030. Also offered as HIST 4126. Operation, growth, and performance of the Russian economy under the tsarist and Soviet regimes; perestroika (restructuring) under Gorbachev; current economic trends. 4030 Development Economics (3) Prereq.: ECON 2000 and 2010; or 2030. Political, social, and technological factors affecting development of the third world. 4040 Economic Development Policy (3) Prereq.: ECON 2000 and 2010; or 2030. Role of U.S. and other advanced industrialized countries in the economic development of Third World countries. 4050 Economic Development of Europe (3) Prereq.: ECON 2000 and 2010; or 2030; or equivalent. Major elements in the economic development of resources, transportation, marketing, finance, labor, and economic policy. 4070 Economic Growth (3) Prereq.: ECON 2000 and 2010; or 2030. Analysis of the determinants of economic growth through development of theoretical and empirical models of economic growth; discussion of both old and new growth theory and convergence of income levels across countries. 4075 American Economic History to 1860 (3) See HIST 4075. 4076 American Economic History, 1860 to the Present (3) See HIST 4076. 4110 Public Finance (3) Prereq.: ECON 2000 and 2010; or 2030. Economic theory applied to the private market and to the public sector; public goods, efficiency, voting, externalities, principles of taxation, benefit-cost analysis, and policy analyses of current issues. 4120 Federal, State, and Local Taxation (3) Prereq.: ECON 2000 and 2010; or 2030. Administration, fiscal importance, and economic effects of federal, state, and local taxes; emphasis on recent trends in taxation at each level of government and on significance of these trends for individuals and the nation. 4130 Urban and Regional Economics (3) Prereq.: ECON 2000 and 2010; or 2030. Economic analysis of the location and growth of urban and regional areas; emphasis on public policy issues; land-use patterns, measurement and change in regional economic activity, and urban problems such as transportation, housing, and poverty. 4210 Labor Economics (3) Prereq.: ECON 2000 and 2010; or 2030. Causes of economic problems of American wage earners; attempts of wage earners and society to alleviate and solve these problems through organization and legislation. 4220 Wage and Employment Analysis (3) Prereq.: ECON 2000 and 2010; or 2030. The labor market; labor supply and demand, human capital, racial and sex discrimination, effects of minimum wage laws, causes of various wage and employment differentials. 4230 Economics of Human Resources (3) Prereq.: ECON 2000 or 2030. Application of empirical research and economic theory to human resource management and internal labor market; topics include hiring, training, pay, promotion, evaluation, layoffs, and termination from an economic perspective. 4320 Environmental Economics (3) Prereq.: ECON 2000 and 2010; or 2030. Market failure and government failure, benefit cost analysis, the economics of energy, the efficient allocation of pollution, stationary, and mobile source air pollution, water pollution, and toxic wastes. 4325 Applied Resource Economics (3) Prereq.: ECON 2000 and 2010; or 2030. Analysis of environmental and resource problems; cost-benefit and other empirical techniques used to examine these problems. 4400 Industrial Organization and Public Policy (3) Prereq.: ECON 2000 and 2010; or 2030. Theory of the firm, perfect competition, monopoly, collusion and collusive strategies, strategic interaction, auctions, durable goods, predation, antitrust, and experimental economics. 4421 Health Care Economics (3) Prereq.: ECON 2000 and 2010; or 2030. Economics of health care with particular emphasis on hospitals, physicians, and other health care providers, as well as government programs. 4440 The Economics of Government Regulations (3) Prereq.: ECON 2000 and 2010; or 2030. Economic bases, policies, and consequences of government regulation of economic activity. 4445 Internship in Economics (3) Prereq.: consent of instructor. Pass-fail grading. On-the-job experience in approved positions with economic content. 4520 International Economics (3) Prereq.: ECON 2000 and 2010; or 2030. Introduction to the basic theories of international trade including classical, neoclassical, and post-neoclassical theories; discussion on how these theories relate to current economic events and policies; brief overview of major U.S. trade law; overview and analysis of major bilateral and multilateral trading agreements including the North American Free Trade Agreement, the European Union, and the World Trade Organization. 4540 Economic Forecasting (3) Prereq.: ECON 2000 and 2010, or 2030; and ISDS 2000; or equivalent. Applications of methods used in business and economic forecasting; trend analysis, time-series modeling, regression analysis and combination forecasting. 4550 International Finance (3) Prereq.: ECON 2035 or equivalent. Exchange rates and the foreign exchange market; exchange rate determination in the short run and in the long run; alternative international currency systems, macroeconomic policy coordination under fixed and floating exchange rates. 4560 Central Banking and Monetary Policy (3) Prereq.: ECON 2035. History, economic functions, operating techniques, and policies of central banks; the role of monetary policy in promoting economic stability and growth; the Federal Reserve System and current problems of monetary policy and control. 4610 Introduction to Mathematical Economics (3) Prereq.: ECON 2000 and 2010, or 2030; and college algebra; or equivalent. Not normally open to students who have had differential calculus. Mathematical techniques used by economists; their application to economic analysis. 4630 Introduction to Econometrics (3) Prereq.: ECON 2000 and 2010, or 2030; MATH 1431 or equivalent; and ISDS 2000 or equivalent. Not open to students with credit in ECON 7630. For students interested in a basic knowledge of econometrics. Techniques of econometrics; estimating the basic linear model and hypothesis testing; empirical illustrations by reference to contemporary economic questions. 4632 Financial Econometrics (3) Prereq.: ECON 2000 and 2010; or 2030; ISDS 2000 or equivalent. Econometric methods used to examine financial data; tests of market efficiency, forecasting volatility of financial markets, estimating value at risk. 4710 Aggregate Economic Analysis (3) Prereq.: ECON 2035 or equivalent. Factors determining aggregate level of national income, employment, and prices; static Keynesian, monetarist, and supply-side models developed and compared. 4720 Intermediate Microeconomic Theory (3) Prereq.: ECON 2000 and 2010; or 2030. Price determination, resource allocation, and pricing in a market economy. 4730 The Evolution of Economic Thought (3) Cultural and historical factors influencing different types of economic thought from the ancient world to the present. 5600 Microeconomic Theory for Policy Analysis (3) Also offered as PADM 5600. 6500 Workshop on Economic Education (3) Su only For teachers with little or no previous training in economics. Basic economic principles and their application to the nation's current economic problems. 6550 Special Topics in Economic Education (1-3) May be taken for a max. of 6 sem. hrs. credit. For teachers who wish to investigate more advanced economic concepts and issues. 7070 Theory of Economic Growth (3) Theories of economic growth and their development. 7130 Public Finance Theory (3) Foundations of welfare economics for evaluating efficiency and equity of taxation and public spending policies; incidence and optimality of taxation. 7135 Advanced Topics in Public Finance (3) May be taken for a max. of 6 hrs. of credit when topics vary. Special issues in taxation, public expenditures, and political economy. 7240 Seminar in Labor Economics (3) Theoretical and empirical effects of trade unions and other labor organizations on individuals, firms, government policies, and the economy. 7250 Wage and Employment Analysis (3) Neoclassical wage and employment theory and its application to the labor market; labor force participation rates; discrimination; labor markets, human capital, the inflation-unemployment trade-off. 7320 Seminar in Environmental and Resource Economics (3) Neoclassical and bio-economic tradition of resource utilization; emphasis on biophysical underpinnings of economics drawing from thermodynamics, ecology, geology, and demography; ethical issues of stewardship in resource management; topical policy issues in energy, materials, food, and air and water pollution. 7325 Applied Resource Economics (3) Application of property rights, externalities, and benefit-cost analysis to resource management; measurement problems; intertemporal allocation, technical changes and resources substitution; and utilization of environmental resources. 7420 Health Care Economics (3) Prereq.: ECON 3720 or equivalent. Economics of health care with particular emphasis on demand and supply of health care services; roles of insurance and government in provision of health care services. 7470 Economics of Regulated Enterprise (3) Economic analysis of problems and policies of regulated enterprises, with emphasis on philosophy of regulation, rate theories, earnings control, coordination, and national policy. 7480 Seminar in Industrial Organization (3) Organization of industry in the American economy; empirical and analytical techniques used to investigate structure and performance in the manufacturing sector of the economy. 7570 Seminar in International Finance (3) 7575 Seminar in International Trade (3) Prereq.: ECON 4520 or equivalent. Topics in pure theory of international trade; causes and effects of international trade, gains from trade, theory of tariff and effective protection, economic growth and trade, intermediate products, optimal trade policies, factor market imperfections, theory of integration, and effects of uncertainty. 7580 Seminar in Economic Development (3) Prereq.: consent of instructor. Third World development from neoclassical, neomarxist, and neomalthusian perspectives. 7585 Advanced Topics in Financial Economics (3) See FIN 7585. 7590 Seminar in Monetary and Fiscal Policy (3) Determining, implementing, and evaluating monetary and fiscal policy; effect on the economy, monetary targets and indicators; role of interest rates in understanding monetary policy, sectoral impacts of monetary policy; role of fiscal policy in the economy. 7595 Seminar in Monetary Theory (3) Contemporary monetary theory; theories of supply and demand; integration of monetary and value theory; monetary equilibrium. 7610 Mathematics for Economists (3) Mathematical principles with frequent applications to economics; functions, derivatives, differentials, integrals, Taylor's series, matrix algebra, determinants, roots, quadratic forms, constrained and unconstrained optimizations, and principles of linear and nonlinear equation systems. 7615 Dynamic Analysis (3) Prereq.: ECON 7610 or calculus and linear algebra. Mathematical analysis of dynamic systems with applications to economics; integral calculus, differential equations, difference equations and optimal control theory. 7630 Econometric Methods (3) Prereq.: calculus and linear algebra, or concurrent enrollment in economics 7610. For students interested in developing research skills in econometrics. Empirical research methods in economics; statistical inference; regression techniques applied to a general linear model; problems involved in regression analysis; extensions of the general linear model. 7631 Econometric Methods II (3) Prereq.: Econ 7630 or equivalent. Econometric techniques for heteroskedasticity, autocorrelation, simultaneous equations, pooling time series and cross-sectional data; model specification techniques. 7632 Econometric Theory III (3) Prereq.: ECON 7631 and either ECON 7610 or differential calculus and linear algebra. Emphasis on the pure theory of econometrics; properties of estimators, small sample properties of ordinary least squares, asymptotic distribution theory, generalized least squares and simultaneous equations. 7633 Dynamic Econometric Theory (3) Prereq.: ECON 7631. Time-series analysis; testing and model selection; distributed lags; dynamic properties of simultaneous equation model; autoregressive and moving average process; nonstationarity; autoregressive conditional heteroskedasticity; causality and exogeneity; unit root, co-integration, and error correction. 7700 Price Theory I (3) Development of microeconomic models of the individual firm, including a nonmathematical approach. 7710 Macroeconomics I (3) Prereq.: ECON 7610 or equivalent. Static models of income, employment, and prices; models include classical, neo-Keynesian, and monetarist; models focus on demand and supply sectors. 7715 Macroeconomics II (3) Prereq.: ECON 7710. Dynamic models of the economy; includes growth models, business cycle dynamics, and wage-price dynamics. 7720 Price Theory II (3) Prereq.: ECON 7610 or equivalent. Theories of utility, demand, cost, production, factor pricing, and welfare using an advanced mathematical approach. 7725 Advanced Microeconomic Theory (3) Prereq.: ECON 7610, 7700, and 7720; or equivalent. Advanced price theory; capital theory, general equilibrium, distribution theory, market structures. 7735 Macroeconomics III (3) Advanced dynamic general equilibrium models; includes recursive methods, real business cycle models, new-Keynesian economics, asset pricing models, endogenous growth theories, and empirical tests of these models. 7740 History of Economic Thought: The Classical Period (3) Development of economics as an autonomous science; Greek, Judeo-Christian, and enlightenment approaches to economic phenomena; special attention to Adam Smith. 7750 History of Economic Thought: Modern Period (3) Development of economics from 1800 to 1900; emphasis on classical followers of Smith, Marx, 19th century positivism and socialism, the marginal revolution. 7799 Seminar in Advanced Economic Problems (3) May be taken for a max. of 6 hrs. of credit. 8000 Thesis Research (1-12 per sem.) “S”/“U” grading. 8900 Pre-dissertation Research (1-9) May be repeated for credit. Pass-fail grading. 9000 Dissertation Research (1-12 per sem.) “S”/“U” grading. In the Department of Finance, the second digit of the
course number denotes the subject area of the course, as
follows: 2—business law; 3—real estate; 4—risk and
insurance; 6—finance (capital markets and financial
institutions); 7—finance (financial management);
8—finance (investment analysis/portfolio theory);
9—general courses. 3205 Mineral Rights (3) Prereq.: FIN 3355. Law of mineral rights; emphasis on Louisiana oil and gas law; leases, royalty interests, title search, unitization, and pooling; mineral law of other states and of hard materials. 3351 Principles of Real Estate (3) Prereq.: BLAW 3201 or FIN 3715. Purchasing, owning, and operating real estate relative to interest in realty, liens, contracts, deeds, titles, leases, brokerage, management. 3352 Real Estate Valuation and Investment (3) Prereq.: FIN 3351 or 3715, or equivalent. Principles of valuation applied to single-family and income-producing real property; techniques for making investment decisions in alternative types of real property; cash flow analysis considering income tax effects, financial leverage, risk-return trade-offs, and alternative methods of disposition. 3353 Real Estate Finance (3) Prereq.: FIN 3351 or 3715 or equivalent. Real estate financing decisions for residential and income-producing properties; risk-return analysis for varying conditions of financial leverage; decision making related to pricing, alternative financing methods, refinancing, mortgage portfolio management; financing methods; government involvement in mortgage market and housing finance. 3354 Topics in Real Estate (3) Prereq.: FIN 3352 or 3353 or consent of instructor. Topics vary. 3355 Real Property Law (3) Prereq.: BLAW 3201. Rights and obligations that attach to various types of ownership of immovable property both in Louisiana and Anglo-American jurisdictions. 3440 Risk and Insurance (3) Prereq.: BLAW 3201. Nature of nonspeculative risks and possible alternative methods of treating them; specific application of these methods to personal and business risks arising from life, health, property, and liability contingencies; influence of public policy on risk treatment. 3441 Life and Health Insurance (3) Prereq.: FIN 3440. Analysis of insurance protecting against economic loss caused by termination of earning capacity through premature death, disability, or old age; derivation of premiums, reserves, benefits; legal aspects; operational features; use of contracts and provisions; disability income protection. 3442 Property and Liability Insurance (3) Prereq.: FIN 3440. Property and liability risks; insurance coverages available to meet these risks; basic insurance principles that apply in various property and liability insurance contracts; functional aspects of insurance company operations. 3460 Risk Management (3) Prereq.: FIN 3715. Risk management from the business manager's viewpoint; insurance and financial market methods of pooling and managing risk; identification and evaluation of risk; hedging, self insurance, re-contracting and organizational design. 3632 Bank Administration (3) Prereq.: FIN 3715. For students interested in commercial banking careers or in the role of banks within the American enterprise system. Economic role and evolution of banks; structure of banking; lending and investment techniques; bank organization and regulation; asset and liability management; credit risk management; bank performance analysis. 3636 Financial Markets and Institutions (3) Prereq.: FIN 3715 or equivalent. Characteristics and functions of financial markets and institutions; process of financial intermediation and allocation of financial resources; analysis of current developments in financial institutions and in money and capital markets; factors in interest rate determination; management of credit risk, interest rate risk, and operating risk. 3715 Business Finance (3) Prereq.: ECON 2000 and 2010, or 2030; and ACCT 2000 or 2001. Also offered as ECON 3715. Finance function within the business enterprise; techniques of financial management, concepts of capital structure and dividend policy, working capital management, capital budgeting, institutional and international environment of the firm. 3717 Advanced Business Finance (3) Prereq.: FIN 3715. Material presented in real-world cases. Hands on applications of financial tools introduced in FIN 3715; financial analysis, forecasting, capital budgeting, and business evaluation. 3718 Multinational Managerial Finance (3) Prereq.: FIN 3715. Multinational financial management; nature of international finance system; financing, investment, and risk management of the multinational corporation. 3826 Investments (3) Prereq.: FIN 3715. Open only to finance majors; open to others with permission of the department. Characteristics and valuation of common stocks, bonds, options, function and efficiency of U.S. securities markets; theory and practice of portfolio selection. 3840 Fixed Income Securities (3) Prereq.: FIN 3826. Mechanics of fixed-income markets and securities; valuation of fixed income securities and contingent claims; interest rate risk, term structure, product fundamentals, and bond portfolio strategies. 3845 Student Managed Investment Fund (3) Prereq.: FIN 3715 or equivalent and permission of instructor. Course may be repeated for a max. of 9 sem. hrs. of credit. Analysis of equity investment opportunities in conjunction with the management of the Student Managed Investment Fund; emphasis on valuation techniques and fundamental analysis; operation of investment reporting systems. 3900 Directed Study and Research (1-6) Prereq.: consent of instructor. May be taken for a max. of 6 sem. hrs. of credit. Research under direction of faculty member; written proposal must be approved by faculty member and department chair prior to registration. 3910 Topics in Finance (1-3) Prereq.: FIN 3715 and 3826, or consent of instructor. May be taken for a max. of 6 sem. hrs. of credit when topics vary. Topics of current interest. 4240 Cyberlaw and Intellectual Property (3) Prereq.: BLAW 3201 or BADM 7140, and consent of instructor. Fundamentals of patent, trademark and copyright law; legal principles applied to the regulation of the Internet and electronic commerce, including intellectual property, torts, contracts, constitutional principles, and crimes. 4440 Group Insurance and Pensions (3) Prereq.: FIN 3440. Life and health insurance in various areas involving mortality and morbidity contingencies; types of health risk bearers and contracts offered; employee benefit plans with emphasis on the private pension function, including contractual arrangements, benefit formulas, and approaches to financing. 4828 Security Analysis and Portfolio Management (3) Prereq.: FIN 3826 or equivalent. Security selection and portfolio diversification in an efficient market; portfolio theory and management; portfolio building and selection; portfolio performance evaluations. 4830 Analysis of Corporate Financial Statements (3) Prereq.: FIN 3715 or equivalent. Evaluation of financial statements; emphasis on their use in credit analysis and in evaluation of security risks and returns; recent research in accounting and finance; predictive ability of financial statement data. 4850 Financial Derivatives (3) Prereq.: FIN 3636, 3717, or 3826. Options, forwards, futures, swaps, and other derivative instruments; principles of pricing, valuation models, trading strategies, and managing risk in domestic and global financial markets. 7300 Seminar in Real Estate (3) Questions facing participants in the real estate market, including equity investors, lenders, tenants, and government; purchasing, owning, and operating real estate relative to interest in realty contracts; deeds, title, leases, brokerage, and management. 7310 Real Estate Financial Decisions (3) Questions concerning real estate finance and valuation; risk-return trade-offs under varying conditions of financial leverage; refinancing; selecting between alternative financing methods; mortgage design, sale-leaseback, construction lending, secondary mortgage markets, and the pricing of financing instruments. 7320 Advanced Topics in Real Estate (3) Prereq.: FIN 7300 or 7310 or consent of instructor. May be taken for a max. of 6 hrs. of credit if topics vary. 7350 Theory of Real Estate Markets (3) Prereq.: FIN 7750. Primarily for doctoral students. Emphasis on theoretical treatment of real estate equity and mortgage markets; real estate as a security; pricing of fixed- and adjustable-rate mortgages; secondary mortgage markets and the securitization of mortgages; development of derivative securities; models of housing markets. 7400 Financial Risk Management (3) Prereq.: BADM 7090 or equivalent. Risk management of corporations, financial institutions, governments, and non-profit organizations; characteristics of financial contracts and markets and applications of these contracts to risk management problems; the value of risk management, measuring exposures, financial contracts for managing risk, the enterprise risk management industry, and the accounting and regulatory framework; market and credit risks are the primary focus, but some attention is also given to operational and other sources of risk. 7520 Seminar in Financial Research Methods (3) Primarily for doctoral students. Financial economics; empirical behavior of financial markets; topics including trading rules and the efficient market hypothesis; market microstructure; event studies. 7550 Theory of Finance (3) Prereq.: ECON 7610 or equivalent. Theory of choice under certainty and uncertainty; time-state preference models of risk allocation; mean-variance asset pricing models; arbitrage pricing models; option pricing models; discrete and continuous time models. 7585 Advanced Topics in Financial Economics (3) Prereq.: consent of instructor. May be taken for a max. of 9 sem. hrs. of credit. Also offered as ECON 7585. Specific areas in finance and financial economics; emphasis on rigorous empirical methodologies and theory. 7632 Seminar in Commercial Banking (3) Commercial banking theory and history, quantitative techniques applied to bank asset and liability management, banking structure, markets and competition, capital adequacy and profitability. 7633 Financial Markets (3) Prereq.: BADM 7020 and 7080. Theoretical and empirical exposition of financial markets and institutions; their role in the economy; determination of the general level, risk structure, and the transaction structure of security returns; emphasis on U.S. financial markets. 7650 Seminar in Financial Markets and Intermediaries (3) Prereq.: FIN 7550. Primarily for doctoral students. Markets and intermediaries as alternative institutional mechanisms for structuring financial transactions; transaction services provided by these institutions; benefits and costs of these transaction services as determinants of the structure and extent of the financial sector. 7710 Public Financial Management (3) Cross-listed as PADM 7710. 7718 Multinational Financial Management (3) Prereq.: BADM 7090 or equivalent. Cross border investment, investment analysis, capital planning, foreign currency exposure, and cash management; concepts of political risk assessment; techniques in transactional trade; alternative financial sources; issues in international financial controls. 7719 Advanced Financial Management (3) Prereq.: BADM 7090. Theory of business finance and evaluation of its usefulness to financial managers; capital expenditure, capital structure, and dividend decisions; legitimacy of alternative decision criteria; implications of uncertainty and imperfect capital markets on firm financial decisions. 7720 Topics in Business Finance (3) Prereq.: BADM 7090 or equivalent. Detailed treatment of topics not covered in depth in BADM 7090 or FIN 7719; prospectus usually available before registration. 7740 Venture Capital and Investment Banking (3) Prereq.: BADM 7090 or equivalent. The role of venture capitalists and investment banks in financing, advising, and influencing companies through the initial public offering; the structure of venture capital funds; staging of investments; compensation; valuation; interactions between venture capital and economic activity, the legal environment, and social and ethical norms. 7750 Seminar in Corporate Finance (3) Prereq.: FIN 7550. Primarily for doctoral students. Theory of choice under certainty and uncertainty; investment and financing decisions of the firm; the agency problem and agency costs; capital structure and dividend models related to corporate control. 7826 Investment Analysis and Portfolio Theory (3) Prereq.: BADM 7020 and 7030. Institutional elements of capital markets, mechanics of securities trading; analytic techniques for evaluating investment management; behavior of security prices, efficient diversification, techniques for measuring performance of securities and portfolios, security valuation, portfolio selection. 7845 Student Managed Investment Fund (3) Prereq.: BADM 7090 or equivalent and permission of instructor. Course may be repeated for max. of 9 sem. hrs. of credit. Management and operation of the Student Managed Investment Fund; calculation and monitoring of performance in an institutional equity portfolio; establishment of investment objectives, including asset allocation and selection, and assessment and management of risk; settlement, accounting, and reporting of results. 7849 Normative Portfolio Analysis Theory (3) Prereq.: FIN 7719 and FIN 7550 or equivalent. Theoretical and practical problems of normative portfolio selection techniques and analysis; positive implications of normative models; their contribution to understanding operation of capital markets and market participants. 7850 Seminar in Investments (3) Prereq.: FIN 7550. Primarily for doctoral students. Speculative price as a stochastic process; information revelation in and through speculative price; normative and positive models of investment theory; applications of contingent-claims/derivative securities pricing; theory and empiricism of fixed income securities. 7855 Seminar in Options, Futures, and Other Derivatives (3) Prereq.: FIN 7826 and ECON 7610 or equivalent; consent of instructor; mathematical maturity required. Arbitrage and equilibrium models of derivative pricing; models derived via continuous time Ito processes; binomial, finite difference, Monte Carlo and other numerical approaches; review of mathematical statistics, stochastic processes, and Ito calculus. 7900 Individual Study in Finance (3) Masters and doctoral students may take the course for credit 3 and 6 times, respectively. For students who wish in-depth study of a selected finance problem. Proposal outlining nature and objectives of a research project must be approved by department faculty prior to registration; written report of semester's activities and findings required for credit. 7930 Graduate Internship in Finance (3) Prereq.: consent of department. Pass/fail grading based on a written evaluation by the professional supervisor; a written report by the student, and the faculty member’s evaluation. At least 20 hrs. per week in regular semester or 35 hrs. per week in summer session of learning experience in finance under the general supervision of a faculty member and the direct supervision of a professional in finance. On-the-job experience in an approved finance position. 7950 Seminar in Research (1) Required of all doctoral students in business administration concentrating in finance during each semester of full-time residence; only 3 sem. hrs. may be applied toward the degree. Advanced research in finance; current research of doctoral candidates, faculty, and invited guests. 8000 Thesis Research (1-12 per sem.) "S"/"U" grading. 8900 Pre-dissertation Research (1-9) May be repeated for credit. Pass-fail grading. 9000 Dissertation Research (1-12 per sem.) "S"/"U" grading. 3200 Introduction to Law (3) Not open to students in the E. J. Ourso College of Business. Credit will not be given for both this course and BLAW 3201 and 4203. Fundamentals of the American legal system; basic principles of the law of contracts, commercial paper, agency, partnerships, corporations, torts, and crimes; case materials used to demonstrate legal analysis and reasoning. 3201 Business Law (3) Credit will not be given for this course and BLAW 3200, FIN 3200, or 3201. Development of Anglo-American common law, the American constitutional system, and the Louisiana civil law system; law of contracts, torts, and agency; business aspects of criminal law; ethical facets of the legal environment; case materials used to demonstrate problem analysis. 3202 Commercial Transactions (3) Prereq.: BLAW 3201. Credit will not be given for this course and BLAW 3200, or 4203 or FIN 3200, or 3202, or 3203. Louisiana law and Federal legislation in the following areas: employment law, workers’ compensation, business entities, intellectual property, agency, insurance, sales, donations, leases, security devices, bankruptcy, and commercial paper. 3230 Sports Law (3) Credit will not be given for both this course and FIN 3230. Business and legal sports aspects, particularly professional and collegiate level; antitrust laws; labor law and collective bargaining; contract law and player agents; professional franchise location; college athletics and the NCAA; equal opportunities and Title IX; licensing and trademark rights; tort issues. 4203 Commercial Transactions for Accountants (3) Prereq.: BLAW 3201. Credit will not be given for this course and BLAW 3200, 3202, FIN 3202, 3203. Specifically for accounting majors. Legal concepts underlying sale of goods; commercial paper; security interests, securities regulation, accountants' malpractice, negotiable instruments, and bankruptcy; application of the Uniform Commercial Code and preparation for the CPA examination. Information Systems & Decision Sciences • ISDS 1100 Introduction to Management Information Systems (3) Management of information, computers, and systems; utilization of management information systems to improve managerial decision making. 2000 Introduction to Business Statistics (3) Prereq.: MATH 1431. Statistical description and inference; descriptive statistics, sampling, basic probability theory; probability distributions, including normal and binomial; sampling distributions; inferential statistics including estimation, one- and two-sample hypothesis tests for means, and chi-square test of independence. 2001 Statistical Methods and Models (3) Prereq.: ISDS 2000. Continuation of ISDS 2000. Advanced statistical methods and decision models including ANOVA and linear regression analysis; management science models such as utility functions, decision analysis, math programming, waiting line models and simulation. 3000 Statistical Methods and Models III (3) Prereq.: ISDS 2001. Continuation of ISDS 2001. Statistical inference; additional applications of sampling distribution; the chi-square, student's t, and F distributions; estimation; hypothesis testing; survey sampling; linear regression; simple correlation; analysis of variance; nonparametric tests. 3001 Conceptual Foundation for Statistical Analysis (3) Prereq.: MATH 1021 or equivalent. Foundations for advanced work in statistical inference; probability, probability distributions, expected value, sampling distributions; application of sampling distributions to problems of estimation and control. 3002 Conceptual Foundations for Operations Research (3) Prereq.: MATH 1021 or equivalent. Not open to undergraduate students in the E. J. Ourso College of Business. Foundations for work in operations research; fundamentals of analysis, systems of linear equations, selected topics from matrix algebra. 3070 Independent Reading and Research in Information Systems and Decision Sciences (1-6) Prereq.: ISDS 3100 and consent of instructor. May be taken for a max. of 6 sem. hrs. of credit. Student is responsible for registering with a faculty member and selecting an area of reading and/or research. 3075 Internship in Information Systems and Decision Sciences (3) Prereq.: permission of instructor and department chair required. Pass/fail grading. At least the equivalent of 144 hours per semester (3 credits) of learning experience in information systems under the general supervision of an ISDS faculty member and direct supervision of an information systems or decision sciences professional. Grading based on the faculty member's evaluation, a written report by the professional supervisor, and a written report by the student. 3100 Management of Information Resources (3) Prereq.: ISDS 1100. Information as a resource; issues in information resource management; elements of information systems; development and maintenance of information systems; controlling information resources. 3105 Internet Development Tools (3) Prereq.: ISDS 1100 or equivalent. Understanding of the Internet and its structure for use in business; technologies employed to develop Internet applications; development of business applications for the Internet. 3107 Beginning Programming (3) Prereq.: ISDS 1100 or ISDS 1102 or ISDS 1101. Fundamentals of programming, program design, application development interfaces, debugging, testing, and implementation. 3110 Database Processing for Management (3) Prereq.: ISDS 1100. Structure and function of managerial databases; design options and implementation of database management systems in the firm; laboratory practice includes use of a particular software system. 3115 Introduction to Operations Management (3) Prereq.: ISDS 2001. Principles and methodologies concerning productivity and quality of manufacturing and service organizations; production and service systems design; process and capacity design; total quality management; systems for just-in-time and purchasing management; inventory and materials management. 3120 Management of the IT Function (3) Issues in managing the Information Technology (IT) function, including the discussion of how technology has underpinned the “new Economy,” formulating an IT strategy, structuring and managing the It function, and emerging trends in IT. 3200 Advanced Business Programming (3) Prereq.: ISDS 3105 and credit or registration in ISDS 3110. Computer programming methods for business systems emphasizing contemporary programming environments and applications development interfaces. 4000 Introduction to Statistical Theory (3) Prereq.: proficiency in basic statistical methods and MATH 1552; or consent of instructor. Concepts of probability distribution and statistical inference; theoretical foundations for estimating and testing hypotheses about means, proportions, and variances; chi-square and F tests. 4010 Basic Forecasting Models (3) Prereq.: ISDS 3000 or equivalent. Single-equation multiple regression and time series modeling procedures for business and economic forecasting; using time series data in regression models; time series modeling, including classical decomposition procedures and exponential smoothing; use of computer programs for regression and time series modeling and forecasting. 4011 Sample Survey Methods (3) Prereq.: ISDS 3000 or equivalent. Designing sampling systems; alternative sample designs; problems of bias; techniques of inference from alternative designs; criteria for selecting optimal sampling plans; methods and applications of sample surveys. 4012 Applied Nonparametric Statistics (3) Prereq.: ISDS 3000 or equivalent. Applied nonparametric statistics including techniques for one-sample problems, comparison of two treatments, paired comparisons, randomized complete blocks, comparison of more than two treatments, tests of randomness and independence, and measures of correlation. 4013 Bayesian Probability and Statistical Methods (3) Prereq.: ISDS 3000 or equivalent. Assessment of subjective probability distributions; Bayesian estimation and inference; application of Bayesian techniques to business problems. 4020 Operations Research for Managerial Decisions (3) Prereq.: ISDS 2001 or equivalent. Managerial decision making, including decision analysis, linear programming, transportation models, integer programming, project scheduling, and waiting line models; basic understanding and evaluation of operations research techniques. 4021 Foundations of Mathematical Programming (3) Prereq.: credit or registration in ISDS 4020. Theoretical foundations of linear programming in single and multiple objectives; classical nonlinear optimization of unconstrained and constrained functions; Kuhn-Tucker conditions and quadratic programming. 4031 Applied Linear Models (3) Prereq.: ISDS 3000 or equivalent. Development of a unified approach to estimation and hypothesis testing in linear statistical models; emphasis on appropriate specification and interpretation of models and statistical hypothesis; use of available computer routines and interpretation of results; unbalanced analysis of variance models, linear regression models, and analysis of covariance models. 4110 Business Decision Support and Expert Systems (3) Prereq.: ISDS 3110 or equivalent. Laboratory practice includes use of a particular software system. Business decision modeling; constructing a decision support system (DSS); DSS development tools; executive information systems; expert systems (ES) in business; building ES; process, tools, and strategy; integration of DSS and ES. 4111 Enterprise Systems (3) Prereq.: ISDS 3100. Overview of key enterprise systems concepts from functional, technical, and implementation perspective; emphasis on the process-centered organization and how integrated systems are designed to support cross-functional business; hands-on computer based exercises involving a hypothetical global company. 4112 Data Warehousing (3) Prereq.: ISDS 3100. Date Warehouses for business; topics include: top-down design, bottom-up design, data charts, multidimensional data, data mining, W eb-enabled data warehouse, knowledge management. 4113 Information Technology Project Management (3) Prereq.: ISDS 3100 or equivalent. Topics on effectively managing information technology projects including: setting goals and objectives; work breakdown structures; project scheduling; managing project resources; evaluation and review; incentives and qualitative analysis; project accounting; extensive use of cases involving hands-on computer analyses with state-of-the-art project management software. 4114 Software Quality Assurance (3) Prereq.: ISDS 3100. Modern practices of software quality management; topics include: software development process models, software quality metrics, basic quality tools, software reliability models, customer satisfaction measures, and the ISO 9000 quality system standard. 4117 Management of E-Commerce and Internet Information Systems (3) Management of e-commerce and internet systems including: business models and strategies; performance and evaluation; navigation and content; security, trust, and legal issues; integration of managerial, technical, and legal perspectives for intra-business systems, B2B systems, e-supply chains, portals, B2C systems, electronic markets, and e-government. 4120 Business Data Communications (3) Prereq.: ISDS 3100 or CSC 1350. Telecommunications in business, including both voice and data communication, technical details (hardware, software, protocols, network configurations), network management, and security issues. 4123 Computer and Networking Security (3) Prereq.: ISDS 4120. Security management, corporate risk assessment, access control, authentication, transmission control protocol and internet protocol packet content analysis, firewall hardware and software, types of encryption, cryptographic systems, application security issues, and laws governing security and privacy. 4125 Analysis and Design of Management Information Systems (3) Prereq.: ISDS 3110, 3200. Design philosophies and techniques for the creation of information systems for management decision making; conceptual design of actual information systems. 4141 Introduction to Data Mining (3) Prereq.: ISDS 3100. Fundamental methodology and techniques used in data mining, with particular emphasis on business applications; topics include market basket analysis, memory-based reasoning, cluster detection, link analysis, decision trees and rule induction, neural networks, and genetic algorithms. 4165 Operation of Service and Distribution Systems (3) Prereq.: ISDS 3115. Application of operations management concepts and techniques in service and distribution organizations; service system design and control, including location, layout, capacity expansion, staffing and scheduling; special attention to structure design and operational control of distribution systems and interfaces with other functional areas. 4167 Operations Planning and Control (3) Prereq.: ISDS 3115 or equivalent. Planning and control of operations in manufacturing and service organizations; aggregate planning, master scheduling, requirements planning, and activity control; emphasis on developing skills through case studies and computer models. 4168 Supply Chain Management (3) Prereq.: ISDS 4165. Planning, implementing, and controlling the efficient, cost-effective flow and storage of raw material, in-process products, finished products, and related information in a supply channel; resource/material management; supplier strategy; inventory planning and control; just-in-time systems; customer service; logistics and interfaces with other functional areas; emphasis on concepts, model development, and analysis. 4180 Business Analysis in Practice (3) Prereq.: Senior standing or permission of instructor. Contemporary problems encountered by the business analysis professional; emphasis on case analysis and use of business analysis skills and computer technology to solve business problems. 4200 Quality Management (3) Prereq.: ISDS 3115. Credit will not be given for both this course and IE 4453. Principles and practices of statistical quality control in industry; control charts for variables and for attributes; process capability analysis; acceptance sampling for variables and for attributes; design of experiments; Taguchi methods; and ISO 9000 standards. 4501 Systems Modeling and Analysis I (3) Prereq.: ISDS 2001. Final project involves the application of discrete-event simulation to a real-world problem. Modeling and analysis of production and service systems using discrete-event computer simulation; discrete-event simulation mechanics; model structure, model building, modeling of complex systems; verification and validation; arrival processes; design of simulation experiments; statistical analysis of terminating and steady-state systems. 4502 Systems Modeling and Analysis II (3) Prereq.: ISDS 4501. Final project involves the application of simulation to solve an operations problem in business or government. Advanced application of computer simulation concepts to dynamic systems; alternative approaches to simulation modeling; discrete-event, hybrid discrete/continuous, system dynamics, simulators, and template approach; further development of modeling and analysis skills; advanced analysis concepts including variance-reduction, simulation meta-models and simulation optimization. 4511 Industrial Simulation (3) Prereq.: IE 3510, 2060, credit or registration in IE 4362, or equivalents. See IE 4511. 5010 Statistical Methods for Public Administration (3) Prereq.: college algebra. 2 hrs. lecture; 2 hrs. lab. Open only to students in the MPA program. Also offered as PADM 5010. 7000 Statistical Theory (3) Prereq.: ISDS 4000 or equivalent; and consent of instructor. Continuation of ISDS 4000. Theoretical basis for topics in statistical inference including tests of hypotheses, experimental design, regression analysis, general linear models, nonparametric statistics; sequential tests of hypotheses; and complex sample designs. 7009 Simulation of Stochastic Processes (3) Prereq.: fundamental knowledge of computer programming, statistics, and operations research; and consent of instructor. Simulation models, methodologies, and languages; development of complex models; validation of results; completion of several large-scale projects involving extensive use of digital computer required. 7010 Decision Models for Public Administration (3) Open only to students in the MPA program. See PADM 7010. 7020 Theory of Stochastic Processes (3) Prereq.: ISDS 4000 or equivalent. Joint, marginal, and conditional probability distributions treated in detail; stochastic processes, including random walks, Markov processes, birth-death processes, stationary stochastic processes, and renewal processes; statistical inference based on stochastic processes. 7021 Sample Design and Analysis (3) Prereq.: ISDS 7024 or equivalent. Methodology for sampling and survey design; alternative methods for email and internet survey samples; analysis of survey data; evaluation criteria including efficiency and bias; emphasis on applications with theoretical foundations. 7022 Multivariate Data Analysis (3) Prereq.: BADM 7020 or equivalent. Multivariate methods, including principal components, canonical correlation, factor analysis, discriminate analysis, classification procedures. 7024 Advanced Statistical Analysis for Research I (3) Prereq.: proficiency in calculus, linear algebra, basic statistical methods, and computer programming. Methods of statistical inference; statistical estimation; testing hypotheses about single and multiple means and proportions; simple and multiple linear regression; design of simple random, stratified, and cluster samples; extensive use of statistical computer programs. 7025 Advanced Statistical Analysis for Research II (3) Prereq.: ISDS 7024 or equivalent. Continuation of ISDS 7024. Advanced regression analysis; experimental design and analysis of variance; nonparametric methods; multivariate techniques; extensive use of statistical computer programs. 7027 Advanced Forecasting Models (3) Prereq.: BADM 7020 or equivalent. Advanced topics in forecasting; timeseries analysis; emphasis on stochastic parameter models and autocorrelated error structures; univariate autoregressive integrated moving average (ARIMA) models; multivariate models and transfer functions; extensive use of computer programs. 7070 Seminar in Advanced Business Problems (3) May be taken for a max. of 6 hrs. of credit when topics vary. Special topics in statistics and quantitative methods. 7080 Survey of Information Systems Research (3) Prereq.: advanced PhD standing or consent of instructor. Exploration of current research streams in information systems; relationships of IS to other disciplines; historical overview of the field. 7081 Critical Analysis of Information Systems Research (3) Prereq.: advanced PhD standing or consent of instructor. Development of skills in theory building, research design, writing research papers, and evaluating research in the field of information systems. 7101 Introduction to Operations Research Methods (1.5) Prereq.: BADM 7020 or equivalent. Topics cover models that support managerial decision-making including decision analysis, simulation, risk analysis, linear programming, and integer programming; Excel spreadsheet is used extensively. 7102 Survey of Operations Research: Deterministic Models (3) Prereq.: ISDS 7101. Integer and mixed-integer programming, extensions of classical optimization, quadric programming, separable programming, and dynamic programming; applications of more advanced mathematical programming; techniques with some theory. 7103 Survey of Operations Research: Stochastic Methods (3) Prereq.: ISDS 7101 or 4021. Extensions of decision theory, game theory, dynamic programming, Markovian decision processes, reliability models, and queuing models; probabilistic methods in operation |