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Business and Management B.A.

Division of Social Sciences - Adm
Division of Social Sciences
  • Program Type: Baccalaureate
  • Requirements for this program are current for Fall 2023
  • Required credits to graduate with this degree: 120
  • Required credits within the major: 62 to 63
  • Degree: Bachelor of Arts
This discipline offers a multidisciplinary liberal arts-based program that allows students to enter the field of business and management as a professional or proceed to graduate studies. The business and management curriculum focuses on areas of human knowledge that concern the operation and control of organizations whether they are for-profit, non-profit, or governmental. In addition to developing competence in analytical and core business areas, students majoring in the field are expected to learn to critically examine businesses and other institutions from a liberal arts perspective. Program Student Learning Outcomes The curriculum is designed to ensure that students will be able to: 1. Describe and identify the economic context for business and organizational decision making. 2. Apply, compare, and contrast different methods and approaches for managing human and material resources. 3. Understand and apply financial concepts that are essential to manage organizations. 4. Critically examine the functioning of business and other institutions. 5. Communicate business, accounting, and managerial knowledge both orally and in writing.
Program Delivery
This program is available:
  • via classroom (the majority of instruction is face-to-face)
Admission Requirements
For information about University of Minnesota admission requirements, visit the Office of Admissions website.
General Requirements
All students are required to complete general University and college requirements. For more information, see the general education requirements.
Program Requirements
Students are required to complete 2 semester(s) of any second language. with a grade of C-, or better, or S, or demonstrate proficiency in the language(s) as defined by the department or college.
Students intending on going to graduate school are strongly recommended to take MATH 1101-1102. Students are also recommended to take PHIL 2112. Prospective majors should see a faculty member in the program before registering for classes. Consultation with an advisor is essential to program planning. Grades of D or D+ in MGMT 2101-2102, ECON 1101, STAT 1601 or 2601 may not be used to meet the major requirements. Up to 4 credits of other coursework with a grade of D or D+ may be used to meet the major requirements if offset by an equivalent number of credits of A or B. No coursework for the major may be taken S-N unless offered S-N only. A minimum GPA of 2.00 is required in the major to graduate. The GPA includes all, and only, University of Minnesota coursework. Grades of "F" are included in GPA calculation until they are replaced. No more than 4 credits from each of the following can be applied to the major: ECON 4501 - Senior Research Seminar in Economics and Management, MGMT x993 - Directed Study. Requirements for the major include successful completion of each of the following seven elements: 1. Element 1: Business and Management Core 2. Element 2: Decision Science and Strategy 3. Element 3: Management and Organizations 4. Element 4: Accounting and Finance 5. Element 5: Critical and/or Comparative Perspectives 6. Element 6: Business and Management Electives 7. Element 7: Business and Management Capstone Requirement
Element 1: Business and Management Core
Students must successfully complete all of the courses below in order to satisfy this element of the major. Students must complete Econ 1101, Mgmt 2101 and Stat 1601 or 2601 by the completion of their sophomore year.
ECON 1101 - Principles of Economics [SS] (4.0 cr)
MGMT 2101 - Principles of Accounting I (4.0 cr)
STAT 1601 - Introduction to Statistics [M/SR] (4.0 cr)
or STAT 2601 - Statistical Methods [M/SR] (4.0 cr)
MATH 1021 - Survey of Calculus [M/SR] (4.0 cr)
or MATH 1101 - Calculus I [M/SR] (5.0 cr)
or CSCI 1251 - Computational Data Management and Manipulation [M/SR] (4.0 cr)
CMR 1042 - Public Speaking and Analysis [E/CR] (4.0 cr)
Element 2: Decision Science and Strategy
MGMT 3123 - Managerial Economics (4.0 cr)
or ECON 3201 - Microeconomic Theory (4.0 cr)
Take exactly 4 credit(s) from the following:
· ECON 3014 - Game Theory: The Theory of Strategic Behavior I (2.0 cr)
· ECON 3015 - Game Theory: The Theory of Strategic Behavior II (2.0 cr)
· ECON 3172 - Strategic Firm Interaction and Market Structures (4.0 cr)
· MGMT 3201 - Marketing Principles and Strategy (4.0 cr)
· MGMT 3503 - Consumer Behavior [SS] (4.0 cr)
Element 3: Management and Organization
Take exactly 8 credit(s) from the following:
· MGMT 3141 - Business Law: The Legal Environment of Business (2.0 cr)
· MGMT 3142 - Business Law: Sales Law, Commercial Paper, and Forms of Business (2.0 cr)
· MGMT 3151 - Human Resources Management I [E/CR] (2.0 cr)
· MGMT 3152 - Human Resources Management II [HDIV] (2.0 cr)
· MGMT 3221 - Management and Organization Theory (4.0 cr)
· MGMT 3701 - Organizational Behavior [SS] (4.0 cr)
Element 4: Accounting and Finance
MGMT 2102 - Principles of Accounting II (2.0 cr)
Take 6 or more credit(s) from the following:
· ECON 3113 - Money, Banking, and Financial Markets (4.0 cr)
· MGMT 3101 - Financial Management (4.0 cr)
· MGMT 3133 - Managerial Accounting (4.0 cr)
· MGMT 4102 - Investment and Portfolio Analysis I (2.0 cr)
· MGMT 4103 - Investment and Portfolio Analysis II (2.0 cr)
· MGMT 4301 - Corporate Finance (2.0 cr)
Element 5: Critical and/or Comparative Perspectives
Take exactly 8 credit(s) from the following:
· ECON 3012 - International Trade Theory [IP] (2.0 cr)
· ECON 3013 - International Finance [IP] (2.0 cr)
· ECON 3141 - Economic Growth and Development I [IP] (2.0 cr)
· ECON 3142 - Economic Growth and Development II [IP] (2.0 cr)
· MGMT 3134 - Cooperative Business Model (2.0 cr)
· MGMT 3161 - Labor Management Relations I [E/CR] (2.0 cr)
· MGMT 3162 - Labor Management Relations II (2.0 cr)
· MGMT 3173 - Comparative Employment Relations [E/CR] (2.0 cr)
· MGMT 3601 - Transnational Enterprise [IP] (4.0 cr)
· PHIL 2112 - Professional Ethics [E/CR] (4.0 cr)
Element 6: Business and Management Electives
Complete 8 credits from the list below, exclusive of courses used to satisfy any other elements in the major. Only 2 credits of Mgmt 4896 can be applied to the major.
Take exactly 8 credit(s) from the following:
· ECON 3005 - Experimental and Behavioral Economics I (2.0 cr)
· ECON 3006 - Experimental and Behavioral Economics II (2.0 cr)
· ECON 3007 - Environmental and Natural Resource Economics I [ENVT] (2.0 cr)
· ECON 3008 - Environmental and Natural Resource Economics II [ENVT] (2.0 cr)
· ECON 3009 - Political Economy (4.0 cr)
· ECON 3012 - International Trade Theory [IP] (2.0 cr)
· ECON 3013 - International Finance [IP] (2.0 cr)
· ECON 3014 - Game Theory: The Theory of Strategic Behavior I (2.0 cr)
· ECON 3015 - Game Theory: The Theory of Strategic Behavior II (2.0 cr)
· ECON 3121 - Public Economics I (2.0 cr)
· ECON 3122 - Public Economics II (2.0 cr)
· ECON 3131 - Comparative Economic Systems [IP] (2.0 cr)
· ECON 3134 - Cooperative Business Model (2.0 cr)
· ECON 3136 - Economics of the Green Power Transition: New Business Models and Regulatory Strategies [ENVT] (2.0 cr)
· ECON 3141 - Economic Growth and Development I [IP] (2.0 cr)
· ECON 3142 - Economic Growth and Development II [IP] (2.0 cr)
· ECON 3172 - Strategic Firm Interaction and Market Structures (4.0 cr)
· ECON 3173 - Health Care Economics (4.0 cr)
· ECON 3202 - Macroeconomic Theory (4.0 cr)
· ECON 3211 - History of Economic Thought I [HIST] (2.0 cr)
· ECON 3212 - History of Economic Thought II [HIST] (2.0 cr)
· ECON 3501 - Introduction to Econometrics [M/SR] (4.0 cr)
· ECON 3993 - Directed Study (1.0-5.0 cr)
· ECON 4101 - Labor Economics I [HDIV] (2.0 cr)
· ECON 4102 - Labor Economics II (2.0 cr)
· ECON 4111 - Mathematical Economics I (2.0 cr)
· ECON 4112 - Mathematical Economics II (2.0 cr)
· ECON 4141 - Empirics of Economic Growth (2.0 cr)
· ECON 4201 - Foundations of Microeconomic Theory (4.0 cr)
· ECON 4501 - Senior Research Seminar in Economics and Management (2.0 cr)
· ECON 4502 - Advanced Research Seminar in Economics and Management (2.0 cr)
· ECON 4993 - Directed Study (1.0-5.0 cr)
· MGMT 3101 - Financial Management (4.0 cr)
· MGMT 3133 - Managerial Accounting (4.0 cr)
· MGMT 3134 - Cooperative Business Model (2.0 cr)
· MGMT 3141 - Business Law: The Legal Environment of Business (2.0 cr)
· MGMT 3142 - Business Law: Sales Law, Commercial Paper, and Forms of Business (2.0 cr)
· MGMT 3151 - Human Resources Management I [E/CR] (2.0 cr)
· MGMT 3152 - Human Resources Management II [HDIV] (2.0 cr)
· MGMT 3161 - Labor Management Relations I [E/CR] (2.0 cr)
· MGMT 3162 - Labor Management Relations II (2.0 cr)
· MGMT 3173 - Comparative Employment Relations [E/CR] (2.0 cr)
· MGMT 3201 - Marketing Principles and Strategy (4.0 cr)
· MGMT 3221 - Management and Organization Theory (4.0 cr)
· MGMT 3503 - Consumer Behavior [SS] (4.0 cr)
· MGMT 3513 - Negotiation (4.0 cr)
· MGMT 3601 - Transnational Enterprise [IP] (4.0 cr)
· MGMT 3701 - Organizational Behavior [SS] (4.0 cr)
· MGMT 3993 - Directed Study (1.0-5.0 cr)
· MGMT 4102 - Investment and Portfolio Analysis I (2.0 cr)
· MGMT 4103 - Investment and Portfolio Analysis II (2.0 cr)
· MGMT 4201 - The Economics of Corporate Strategy I (2.0 cr)
· MGMT 4202 - The Economics of Corporate Strategy II (2.0 cr)
· MGMT 4301 - Corporate Finance (2.0 cr)
· MGMT 4896 - Internship (1.0-4.0 cr)
· MGMT 4993 - Directed Study (1.0-5.0 cr)
· PSY 3503 - Consumer Behavior [SS] (4.0 cr)
· PSY 3701 - Organizational Behavior [SS] (4.0 cr)
Element 7: Business and Management Capstone Requirement
Complete 2 credits from the list below, exclusive of coursework used to satisfy any other elements in the major. Only two credits of Mgmt 4896 can be applied to the major.
Take exactly 2 credit(s) from the following:
· ECON 4101 - Labor Economics I [HDIV] (2.0 cr)
· ECON 4102 - Labor Economics II (2.0 cr)
· ECON 4111 - Mathematical Economics I (2.0 cr)
· ECON 4112 - Mathematical Economics II (2.0 cr)
· ECON 4141 - Empirics of Economic Growth (2.0 cr)
· ECON 4201 - Foundations of Microeconomic Theory (4.0 cr)
· ECON 4501 - Senior Research Seminar in Economics and Management (2.0 cr)
· ECON 4502 - Advanced Research Seminar in Economics and Management (2.0 cr)
· ECON 4993 - Directed Study (1.0-5.0 cr)
· MGMT 4102 - Investment and Portfolio Analysis I (2.0 cr)
· MGMT 4103 - Investment and Portfolio Analysis II (2.0 cr)
· MGMT 4201 - The Economics of Corporate Strategy I (2.0 cr)
· MGMT 4202 - The Economics of Corporate Strategy II (2.0 cr)
· MGMT 4301 - Corporate Finance (2.0 cr)
· MGMT 4896 - Internship (1.0-4.0 cr)
· MGMT 4993 - Directed Study (1.0-5.0 cr)
 
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ECON 1101 - Principles of Economics (SS)
Credits: 4.0 [max 4.0]
Typically offered: Every Fall & Spring
The first half of the course will focus on theories related to individual and firm decision-making. Core concepts like supply and demand, concepts of elasticity, consumer theory, theory of the firm, market structure, and pricing of factors of production will be covered. The latter half of the course will cover the theories related to the aggregate economy. Core concepts like measurement of economic performance such as national income, inflation, and unemployment, macroeconomic theories to understand business cycle fluctuations, and stabilization policies will be covered. [Note: no credit for students who have received cr for 1111 and 1112] prereq: high school algebra or instr consent
MGMT 2101 - Principles of Accounting I
Credits: 4.0 [max 4.0]
Typically offered: Every Fall
An introductory course in accounting principles and practices. Students develop an understanding of both the conceptual and procedural framework of accounting processes. Emphasis is placed on the preparation and communication of accounting information and the financial statements for proprietorships and partnerships.
STAT 1601 - Introduction to Statistics (M/SR)
Credits: 4.0 [max 4.0]
Typically offered: Every Fall & Spring
Scope, nature, tools, language, and interpretation of elementary statistics. Descriptive statistics; graphical and numerical representation of information; measures of location, dispersion, position, and dependence; exploratory data analysis. Elementary probability theory, discrete and continuous probability models. Inferential statistics, point and interval estimation, tests of statistical hypotheses. Inferences involving one and two populations, ANOVA, regression analysis, and chi-squared tests; use of statistical computer packages. prereq: high school higher algebra
STAT 2601 - Statistical Methods (M/SR)
Credits: 4.0 [max 4.0]
Typically offered: Every Fall
Descriptive statistics, elementary probability theory; laws of probability, random variables, discrete and continuous probability models, functions of random variables, mathematical expectation. Statistical inference; point estimation, interval estimation, tests of hypotheses. Other statistical methods; linear regression and correlation, ANOVA, nonparametric statistics, statistical quality control, use of statistical computer packages. prereq: Math 1101 or Math 1021
MATH 1021 - Survey of Calculus (M/SR)
Credits: 4.0 [max 4.0]
Typically offered: Every Spring
Short course for students in social sciences, biological sciences, and other areas requiring a minimal amount of calculus. Topics include basic concepts of functions, derivatives and integrals, exponential and logarithmic functions, maxima and minima, partial derivatives; applications. prereq: 1012 or placement; credit will not be granted for Math 1021 if a grade of C- or higher has previously been received for Math 1101
MATH 1101 - Calculus I (M/SR)
Credits: 5.0 [max 5.0]
Typically offered: Every Fall & Spring
Limits and continuity; the concepts, properties, and some techniques of differentiation, antidifferentiation, and definite integration and their connection by the Fundamental Theorem. Partial differentiation. Some applications. Students learn the basics of a computer algebra system. prereq: 1012, 1013 or placement
CSCI 1251 - Computational Data Management and Manipulation (M/SR)
Credits: 4.0 [max 4.0]
Typically offered: Every Fall
Introduction to principles and practices of computational data management such as using advanced spreadsheet operations, designing and implementing algorithms to summarize and transform data sets, understanding organization of databases, writing and executing simple database queries, and creating effective data visualizations. Topics include basic issues of information security and introduction to modern technologies that support collaboration. [Note: no elective credit for CSci majors or minors]
CMR 1042 - Public Speaking and Analysis (E/CR)
Credits: 4.0 [max 4.0]
Course Equivalencies: CMR 1042/CMR 1052
Typically offered: Periodic Fall, Spring & Summer
Public address theories, practices, and analysis.
MGMT 3123 - Managerial Economics
Credits: 4.0 [max 4.0]
Typically offered: Every Spring
Development of the basic concepts of the microeconomic theories of consumer behavior, the firm, and market structure, in application to managerial decision-making contexts in the operation and control of business and non-profit organizations. [Note: no credit for students who have received credit for Econ 3201] prereq: 2101, Econ 1101 (or Econ 1111), Stat 1601 or Stat 2601 or instr consent
ECON 3201 - Microeconomic Theory
Credits: 4.0 [max 4.0]
Typically offered: Every Fall
Analytical approach to decision making by individual economic units in the output and input markets, under perfect and imperfect market conditions. Externalities and role of government. prereq: 1101 (or 1111), Math 1101 or instr consent
ECON 3014 - Game Theory: The Theory of Strategic Behavior I
Credits: 2.0 [max 2.0]
Typically offered: Periodic Fall & Spring
The analytic approach to strategic interaction. Strategic interaction takes place among people when the payoffs to each person depend on the choices of all the others, and each person knows this fact in choosing their behavior. Development of the basic concepts of the theory of strategic interaction, including the definition of a strategy, extensive form and strategic form representations of the same game, and the solution concepts of Nash equilibrium and rollback equilibrium. A selection of applications of economic interest are covered, such as market entry deterrence and social dilemma games. prereq: 1101 (or 1111) or instr consent
ECON 3015 - Game Theory: The Theory of Strategic Behavior II
Credits: 2.0 [max 2.0]
Typically offered: Periodic Fall & Spring
Extensions to the basic analytic theory of strategic interaction that widen its applicability, including topics such as repeated games, asymmetric information, and refinements to basic solution concepts. A selection of applications of economic interest, such as screening, signaling, and brinkmanship. prereq: 3014 or instr consent
ECON 3172 - Strategic Firm Interaction and Market Structures
Credits: 4.0 [max 4.0]
Typically offered: Periodic Fall & Spring
Firms must interact strategically in all market settings except perfect competition and pure monopoly. The course begins with imperfect markets for simple commodities and a consideration of substitutes and complements. More advanced models are then presented which develop topics such as quality differentiation, entry deterrence, collusion, mergers along the supply chain, various types of price discrimination, and natural monopoly. Emphasis is on the relative efficiency of different market structures, with some consideration of options for government regulation. prereq: 1101 (or 1111) or instr consent
MGMT 3201 - Marketing Principles and Strategy
Credits: 4.0 [max 4.0]
Typically offered: Periodic Fall & Spring
Basic factors affecting policy and strategy issues in marketing. Economic, legal, behavioral, environmental, competitive, and technological factors as they affect product, pricing, promotion, and marketing-channel decisions. prereq: 2102, Stat 1601 or instr consent
MGMT 3503 - Consumer Behavior (SS)
Credits: 4.0 [max 4.0]
Course Equivalencies: Psy 3503/Mgmt 3503
Typically offered: Periodic Spring
Same as Psy 3503. Psychological basis for understanding consumers. Some of the topics include consumer behavior, consumer cognitive processes, and consumer judgments and decisions. prereq: Stat 1601 or Stat 2601 or instr consent
MGMT 3141 - Business Law: The Legal Environment of Business
Credits: 2.0 [max 2.0]
Typically offered: Periodic Fall & Spring
Introduction to the legal environment in which business operates. Covers the sources of regulatory authority, including U.S. constitutional authority, judicial authority, and state and local regulatory systems; ethical business decision-making; tortious acts in the business world, intellectual property, and an introduction to contract law. prereq: 2101 or instr consent
MGMT 3142 - Business Law: Sales Law, Commercial Paper, and Forms of Business
Credits: 2.0 [max 2.0]
Typically offered: Periodic Fall & Spring
Covers sales law under the Uniform Commercial Code; negotiable instruments (i.e., the law of commercial paper); and principles of agency law. Provides an introduction to a wide variety of business organizational forms with in-depth emphasis on partnerships, limited partnerships, limited liability corporations, corporate law, and securities law and regulation. This class complements MGMT 3141, and may be taken with or without having first taken 3141. prereq: 2101 or instr consent
MGMT 3151 - Human Resources Management I (E/CR)
Credits: 2.0 [max 2.0]
Typically offered: Periodic Fall & Spring
An introduction to the functional areas of human resource management through the use of case studies. Topics include legal issues, strategic and sustainability planning, recruitment, evaluation, compensation, and benefits. prereq: Stat 1601 or Stat 2601 or instr consent
MGMT 3152 - Human Resources Management II (HDIV)
Credits: 2.0 [max 2.0]
Typically offered: Periodic Fall & Spring
Topics in human resource management: evaluating employee performance, training and safety, sustainability and "lean manufacturing," labor relations, and international human resource management. prereq: 3151 or instr consent
MGMT 3221 - Management and Organization Theory
Credits: 4.0 [max 4.0]
Typically offered: Periodic Fall & Spring
Theory, research, and practice of management. Planning, organizing, leading, controlling. Emphasizes goals, policies, procedures. Factors and human relationships necessary to achieve organizational success. Organizational structure/culture. Changing environment in which businesses operate. prereq: 2101, Econ 1101 (or Econ 1111) or instr consent
MGMT 3701 - Organizational Behavior (SS)
Credits: 4.0 [max 4.0]
Course Equivalencies: Mgmt 3701/Psy 3701
Typically offered: Periodic Fall & Spring
Same as Psy 3701. Uses the theories and research of the behavioral sciences to understand how organizations function at the individual, group, and organizational levels. Topics include stress in the workplace; group dynamics; power, leadership, and attribution theory. prereq: Stat 1601 or Stat 2601, jr or sr
MGMT 2102 - Principles of Accounting II
Credits: 2.0 [max 2.0]
Typically offered: Every Spring
A continuation of Principles of Accounting I. Students develop an understanding of the issues unique to corporations and organizational financing. Cash flow statements and performance analysis are also emphasized. prereq: 2101
ECON 3113 - Money, Banking, and Financial Markets
Credits: 4.0 [max 4.0]
Typically offered: Periodic Fall & Spring
Nature and function of money; role of commercial banks and other financial institutions; structure and function of Federal Reserve system; monetary policies for stabilization and growth; and a survey and synthesis of major theories on the value of money. prereq: 1101 (or 1111, 1112) or instr consent
MGMT 3101 - Financial Management
Credits: 4.0 [max 4.0]
Typically offered: Every Fall
Fundamental theories of financial management, their applications, and their limitations in solving real business problems. Emphasis on financial analysis, valuation of future cash flows, capital budgeting, risk and return, cost of capital. prereq: 2102, Econ 1101 (or Econ 1111, Econ 1112), Stat 1601
MGMT 3133 - Managerial Accounting
Credits: 4.0 [max 4.0]
Prerequisites: 2102
Typically offered: Periodic Fall & Spring
Managerial accounting is designed to help managers assess needed information to carry out three essential functions in an organization: planning operations, controlling activities, and making decisions. The emphasis of this course is placed on cost behaviors, various product costing methods, cost-volume-profit relationships, budgeting and control through standard costs, and other quantitative techniques used by management. prereq: 2102
MGMT 4102 - Investment and Portfolio Analysis I
Credits: 2.0 [max 2.0]
Typically offered: Every Spring
Familiarizes the student with conventional and state-of-the-art tools currently employed in the asset management industry. Discusses the concept of security markets indexes and index funds. Explores the techniques of valuation and management of common stocks and bonds. prereq: 2101, 2102, 3101
MGMT 4103 - Investment and Portfolio Analysis II
Credits: 2.0 [max 2.0]
Typically offered: Every Spring
Familiarizes the student with conventional and state-of-the-art tools currently employed in the asset management industry. Discusses the investment theories such as Markowitz portfolio theory, capital market theory, and the capital asset pricing model. Also, focuses on derivative security analysis. prereq: 4102
MGMT 4301 - Corporate Finance
Credits: 2.0 [max 2.0]
Typically offered: Periodic Spring
Overview of corporate finance topics like capital structure, how firms raise capital, dividend policy, short-term financial planning and working capital management, and mergers and acquisitions. prereq: 3101 or instr consent
ECON 3012 - International Trade Theory (IP)
Credits: 2.0 [max 2.0]
Typically offered: Periodic Fall & Spring
Overview of international trade theories to understand why nations trade. Analysis of various forms of trade protectionism. Discussion of trade blocs. Recent developments/issues in global trade. [Note: no credit for students who have received cr for Econ 4121] prereq: 1101 (or 1111) or instr consent
ECON 3013 - International Finance (IP)
Credits: 2.0 [max 2.0]
Typically offered: Periodic Fall & Spring
Overview of the balance of payments, theories of exchange rate determination, fixed vs. flexible exchange rate regimes, macroeconomic behavior of a country in various exchange rate regimes. Discussion of international lending and financial crises. [Note: no credit for students who have received cr for Econ 4131] prereq: 1101 (or 1112) or instr consent
ECON 3141 - Economic Growth and Development I (IP)
Credits: 2.0 [max 2.0]
Typically offered: Every Fall
Issues of growth and development that are fundamental to low and middle-income countries. The concept and indicators of growth and development, comparative development status of countries, and the primary determinants of growth. Poverty, inequality, and the role of program evaluation in the formulation of evidence-based development policies. prereq: 1101 (or 1111, 1112) or instr consent
ECON 3142 - Economic Growth and Development II (IP)
Credits: 2.0 [max 2.0]
Typically offered: Every Fall
Issues internal to developing countries, such as agriculture, human capital, institutions (governmental, civic, and private), geography, culture. Issues external to developing countries, such as globalization. foreign trade, international migration, and climate change. The effects of these issues on poverty, inequality, and economic growth. prereq: 3141 or instr consent
MGMT 3134 - Cooperative Business Model
Credits: 2.0 [max 2.0]
Course Equivalencies: Econ 3134/Mgmt 3134
Typically offered: Periodic Fall & Spring
Same as Econ 3134. In the northern plains of the United States, cooperative businesses, including consumer, producer, and worker cooperatives, have made significant contributions to economic growth and development. Identify the unique economic, legal, and organizational characteristics of these firms and their role in the economy. Special attention is given to the potential role of cooperative business organizations in community development. prereq: Econ 1101 (or Econ 1111) or instr consent
MGMT 3161 - Labor Management Relations I (E/CR)
Credits: 2.0 [max 2.0]
Typically offered: Periodic Fall & Spring
Historical development of labor relations and the legal framework governing collective bargaining. Labor relations law reform. Case studies from labor relations law. prereq: Econ 1101 (or 1111) or instr consent
MGMT 3162 - Labor Management Relations II
Credits: 2.0 [max 2.0]
Typically offered: Periodic Fall & Spring
Issues in labor-management negotiation, grievances, wages and economic security plans, public policies toward collective bargaining. Case studies from labor arbitration. prereq: 3161 or instr consent
MGMT 3173 - Comparative Employment Relations (E/CR)
Credits: 2.0 [max 2.0]
Typically offered: Every Spring
This course examines the employment relations system of the United States and various other developed market economies. It includes a comparison of public policies and private practices regarding individual employment rights at work, collective representation at work, employee involvement mechanisms, employment protection, and social welfare policies related to the workplace. prereq: 2101, Econ 1101 (or Econ 1111)
MGMT 3601 - Transnational Enterprise (IP)
Credits: 4.0 [max 4.0]
Typically offered: Periodic Fall & Spring
Development and transformation of business enterprise within the global economy emerging from time and motion studies, mergers, "corporate revolution," Fordism through to multi-plant manufacturing beyond national boundaries. Includes the basic impact of structural, institutional, and organizational change upon the dynamics of the firm and industry in the contemporary hyper-competitive, technology-driven, fast-paced, global environment. prereq: 2101, Econ 1101 (or Econ 1111, Econ 1112) or instr consent, Engl 1601 (or instr consent for students with college writing experience)
PHIL 2112 - Professional Ethics (E/CR)
Credits: 4.0 [max 4.0]
Typically offered: Every Fall
A critical examination of moral issues that arise in a person's professional life. Possible topics include affirmative action, autonomy in the workplace, ethical issues in advertising, corporate responsibility, coercive wage offers, distributive justice, and sexual harassment. Issues concerning race, gender, and women are included in selected modules.
ECON 3005 - Experimental and Behavioral Economics I
Credits: 2.0 [max 2.0]
Typically offered: Periodic Fall & Spring
Introduction to economic experiments as controlled tests of microeconomic and game-theoretic behavioral predictions. In-class economic experiments, elements of non-cooperative game theory, results of market and social preference experiments, and empirical applications. prereq: 1101 (or 1111, 1112), Math 1101, Stat 1601 or Stat 2601; or instr consent
ECON 3006 - Experimental and Behavioral Economics II
Credits: 2.0 [max 2.0]
Typically offered: Periodic Fall & Spring
Advanced concepts and applications in experimental and behavioral economics. prereq: 3005 or instr consent
ECON 3007 - Environmental and Natural Resource Economics I (ENVT)
Credits: 2.0 [max 2.0]
Typically offered: Every Fall
Economic analysis of the causes and consequences of environmental pollution. Emphasis on the role of market failures as the root cause of pollution, and on regulatory approaches to solve those problems. Case studies of incentive regulation (emissions taxes & tradeable discharge permits) in practice, in the U.S. and beyond. prereq: 1101 (or 1111) or instr consent
ECON 3008 - Environmental and Natural Resource Economics II (ENVT)
Credits: 2.0 [max 2.0]
Typically offered: Every Fall
The economic analysis of sustainability, focusing on market designs to discourage over-exploitation of both renewable and exhaustible natural resources. Topics include markets for water, fisheries, and energy. prereq: 3007 or instr consent
ECON 3009 - Political Economy
Credits: 4.0 [max 4.0]
Typically offered: Periodic Spring
The historical evolution, methodological relevance, and basic structure of the modern capitalist economy, including the dynamics of capital accumulation, economic crisis, transformation and regulating mechanism of contemporary capitalism, and hegemonic tendency of economy over polity and other aspects of life in contemporary society. prereq: 1101 (or 1111, 1112) or instr consent
ECON 3012 - International Trade Theory (IP)
Credits: 2.0 [max 2.0]
Typically offered: Periodic Fall & Spring
Overview of international trade theories to understand why nations trade. Analysis of various forms of trade protectionism. Discussion of trade blocs. Recent developments/issues in global trade. [Note: no credit for students who have received cr for Econ 4121] prereq: 1101 (or 1111) or instr consent
ECON 3013 - International Finance (IP)
Credits: 2.0 [max 2.0]
Typically offered: Periodic Fall & Spring
Overview of the balance of payments, theories of exchange rate determination, fixed vs. flexible exchange rate regimes, macroeconomic behavior of a country in various exchange rate regimes. Discussion of international lending and financial crises. [Note: no credit for students who have received cr for Econ 4131] prereq: 1101 (or 1112) or instr consent
ECON 3014 - Game Theory: The Theory of Strategic Behavior I
Credits: 2.0 [max 2.0]
Typically offered: Periodic Fall & Spring
The analytic approach to strategic interaction. Strategic interaction takes place among people when the payoffs to each person depend on the choices of all the others, and each person knows this fact in choosing their behavior. Development of the basic concepts of the theory of strategic interaction, including the definition of a strategy, extensive form and strategic form representations of the same game, and the solution concepts of Nash equilibrium and rollback equilibrium. A selection of applications of economic interest are covered, such as market entry deterrence and social dilemma games. prereq: 1101 (or 1111) or instr consent
ECON 3015 - Game Theory: The Theory of Strategic Behavior II
Credits: 2.0 [max 2.0]
Typically offered: Periodic Fall & Spring
Extensions to the basic analytic theory of strategic interaction that widen its applicability, including topics such as repeated games, asymmetric information, and refinements to basic solution concepts. A selection of applications of economic interest, such as screening, signaling, and brinkmanship. prereq: 3014 or instr consent
ECON 3121 - Public Economics I
Credits: 2.0 [max 2.0]
Typically offered: Periodic Fall & Spring
Analysis of the economics of public expenditures. prereq: 1101 (or 1111, 1112) or instr consent
ECON 3122 - Public Economics II
Credits: 2.0 [max 2.0]
Typically offered: Periodic Fall & Spring
Analysis of the economics of taxation. prereq: 3121 or instr consent
ECON 3131 - Comparative Economic Systems (IP)
Credits: 2.0 [max 2.0]
Typically offered: Periodic Fall & Spring
Comparison of the theory and functioning of the major economic systems of the world. Examples of the use of different system attributes in important sectors of particular economies. prereq: 1101 (or 1111, 1112) or instr consent
ECON 3134 - Cooperative Business Model
Credits: 2.0 [max 2.0]
Course Equivalencies: Econ 3134/Mgmt 3134
Typically offered: Periodic Fall & Spring
Same as Mgmt 3134. In the northern plains of the United States, cooperative businesses, including consumer, producer, and worker cooperatives, have made significant contributions to economic growth and development. Identify the unique economic, legal, and organizational characteristics of these firms and their role in the economy. Special attention is given to the potential role of cooperative business organizations in community development. prereq: 1101 (or 1111) or instr consent
ECON 3136 - Economics of the Green Power Transition: New Business Models and Regulatory Strategies (ENVT)
Credits: 2.0 [max 2.0]
Typically offered: Periodic Fall & Spring
Examines "Utility 2.0" business models and new regulatory approaches that aim to encourage rapid de-carbonization of the electricity system. prereq: 1101 (or 1111)
ECON 3141 - Economic Growth and Development I (IP)
Credits: 2.0 [max 2.0]
Typically offered: Every Fall
Issues of growth and development that are fundamental to low and middle-income countries. The concept and indicators of growth and development, comparative development status of countries, and the primary determinants of growth. Poverty, inequality, and the role of program evaluation in the formulation of evidence-based development policies. prereq: 1101 (or 1111, 1112) or instr consent
ECON 3142 - Economic Growth and Development II (IP)
Credits: 2.0 [max 2.0]
Typically offered: Every Fall
Issues internal to developing countries, such as agriculture, human capital, institutions (governmental, civic, and private), geography, culture. Issues external to developing countries, such as globalization. foreign trade, international migration, and climate change. The effects of these issues on poverty, inequality, and economic growth. prereq: 3141 or instr consent
ECON 3172 - Strategic Firm Interaction and Market Structures
Credits: 4.0 [max 4.0]
Typically offered: Periodic Fall & Spring
Firms must interact strategically in all market settings except perfect competition and pure monopoly. The course begins with imperfect markets for simple commodities and a consideration of substitutes and complements. More advanced models are then presented which develop topics such as quality differentiation, entry deterrence, collusion, mergers along the supply chain, various types of price discrimination, and natural monopoly. Emphasis is on the relative efficiency of different market structures, with some consideration of options for government regulation. prereq: 1101 (or 1111) or instr consent
ECON 3173 - Health Care Economics
Credits: 4.0 [max 4.0]
Typically offered: Every Spring
Utilizes economic theory and statistical tools to analyze the allocation of health care resources with respect to the demand and supply of health care. Explores the institutional details and market structures of the health care industry through the lens of economic analysis, providing a context for managerial decision-making. In particular, the behavior of patients in the utilization of health care, and the roles of hospitals, physicians, and health insurance in the production, distribution, and the utilization of health care resources are examined. Finally, the role of market imperfections and government regulatory intervention are discussed. prereq: 1101 (or 1111) or instr consent
ECON 3202 - Macroeconomic Theory
Credits: 4.0 [max 4.0]
Typically offered: Every Spring
The theory of national income determination; inflation, unemployment, and economic growth in alternative models of the national economy. prereq: 1101 (or 1112), Math 1101 or instr consent
ECON 3211 - History of Economic Thought I (HIST)
Credits: 2.0 [max 2.0]
Typically offered: Periodic Fall & Spring
The origin and development of economic thought from Mercantilism through the classical school. Among others, Adam Smith and Karl Marx are featured. Nature of economics as a social science through the study of its historical development. prereq: 1101 (or 1111, 1112)
ECON 3212 - History of Economic Thought II (HIST)
Credits: 2.0 [max 2.0]
Typically offered: Periodic Fall & Spring
The development of economic thought from Marx and the end of the classical school, through the development of more modern approaches. In addition to the demise of classical thought, a selection from the thinkers who contributed to the foundations of modern microeconomics and/or macroeconomics is covered. Nature of economics as a social science, through the study of its historical development. prereq: 3211 or instr consent
ECON 3501 - Introduction to Econometrics (M/SR)
Credits: 4.0 [max 4.0]
Typically offered: Every Spring
Statistical techniques and statistical problems applicable to economics and management, focusing on ordinary least-squares regression, classical inference, and detections of and adjustments for violations of the classical assumptions. The course also briefly explores some advanced econometric topics in model specification, estimation, and prediction that include pooled and panel data models, instrumental variable estimation, two-stage least squares estimation, limited dependent variables and logistic regression. prereq: 3201 or 3202, Engl 1601 (or instr consent for students with college writing experience), Stat 1601 or Stat 2601
ECON 3993 - Directed Study
Credits: 1.0 -5.0 [max 10.0]
Typically offered: Every Fall & Spring
An on- or off-campus learning experience individually arranged between a student and a faculty member for academic credit in areas not covered in the regular curriculum.
ECON 4101 - Labor Economics I (HDIV)
Credits: 2.0 [max 2.0]
Typically offered: Periodic Fall & Spring
Wage and employment determination. Distribution of earnings and earnings inequality by race and sex. Labor supply applications. prereq: 3201 or Mgmt 3123 or instr consent
ECON 4102 - Labor Economics II
Credits: 2.0 [max 2.0]
Typically offered: Periodic Fall & Spring
Functioning and performance of the labor market. Heterodox explanations of labor market behavior. Labor demand applications. prereq: 3201 or Mgmt 3123 or instr consent
ECON 4111 - Mathematical Economics I
Credits: 2.0 [max 2.0]
Course Equivalencies: ECON 4201/ECON 4111
Typically offered: Periodic Fall & Spring
Application of mathematical methods to economic analysis. Mathematical formulations and solution of optimizing models pertaining to households and firms and of adjustments to disturbances. [Note: no credit for students who have received cr for Econ 4201] prereq: 3201, 3202 or instr consent
ECON 4112 - Mathematical Economics II
Credits: 2.0 [max 2.0]
Typically offered: Periodic Fall & Spring
Topics include linear modeling, input-output analysis and linear programming, efficiency and exchange, comparative static analysis, and dynamic microeconomic and macroeconomic models. prereq: 4111 or instr consent
ECON 4141 - Empirics of Economic Growth
Credits: 2.0 [max 2.0]
Typically offered: Periodic Fall & Spring
Presentation of the recent developments in economic growth with an emphasis on empirical research. The course asks, "Why are some countries so rich and some countries so poor?" Students first explore the proximate causes of economic growth such as physical capital, human capital, and productivity, and then address the role played by fundamental causes such as institutions, geography, and deep history. prereq: 3501
ECON 4201 - Foundations of Microeconomic Theory
Credits: 4.0 [max 4.0]
Course Equivalencies: ECON 4201/ECON 4111
Typically offered: Periodic Fall & Spring
Consumer theory, production theory, and general equilibrium. Issues addressed include: the choice approach versus the preference approach; the perils of common highly regular utility functions; the demand aggregation problem and solutions; the foundations of individual consumer welfare theory and social welfare criteria; multiple output production; and general equilibrium theory as a method for overcoming many of the issues encountered earlier in the course. This course does use a substantial amount of multivariable differential calculus. [Note: no credit for students who have received cr for Econ 4111] prereq: 3201
ECON 4501 - Senior Research Seminar in Economics and Management
Credits: 2.0 [max 4.0]
Typically offered: Every Fall
Guided research sessions familiarize students with literature in the field. Students devote their time to identify a research question and prepare a literature review and research plan. Students are required to write a short literature review paper and make a formal presentation of their literature review and their research plan to their peers. Required presentations may occur outside the regular class schedule. prereq: Engl 1601 for all students (or instr consent for students with previous college writing experience), 3501 for econ majors or sr status for mgmt majors or instr consent
ECON 4502 - Advanced Research Seminar in Economics and Management
Credits: 2.0 [max 2.0]
Typically offered: Every Spring
Guided sessions familiarize students with advanced research tools in the field. Students extend their research from Econ 4501 in the form of a deeper literature review, an empirical analysis, or a specific case study (management majors only). Students are required to submit a final paper and make a formal presentation of their research to their peers. Required presentations may occur outside the regular class schedule. prereq: 4501, instr consent
ECON 4993 - Directed Study
Credits: 1.0 -5.0 [max 10.0]
Typically offered: Every Fall & Spring
An on- or off-campus learning experience individually arranged between a student and a faculty member for academic credit in areas not covered in the regular curriculum.
MGMT 3101 - Financial Management
Credits: 4.0 [max 4.0]
Typically offered: Every Fall
Fundamental theories of financial management, their applications, and their limitations in solving real business problems. Emphasis on financial analysis, valuation of future cash flows, capital budgeting, risk and return, cost of capital. prereq: 2102, Econ 1101 (or Econ 1111, Econ 1112), Stat 1601
MGMT 3133 - Managerial Accounting
Credits: 4.0 [max 4.0]
Prerequisites: 2102
Typically offered: Periodic Fall & Spring
Managerial accounting is designed to help managers assess needed information to carry out three essential functions in an organization: planning operations, controlling activities, and making decisions. The emphasis of this course is placed on cost behaviors, various product costing methods, cost-volume-profit relationships, budgeting and control through standard costs, and other quantitative techniques used by management. prereq: 2102
MGMT 3134 - Cooperative Business Model
Credits: 2.0 [max 2.0]
Course Equivalencies: Econ 3134/Mgmt 3134
Typically offered: Periodic Fall & Spring
Same as Econ 3134. In the northern plains of the United States, cooperative businesses, including consumer, producer, and worker cooperatives, have made significant contributions to economic growth and development. Identify the unique economic, legal, and organizational characteristics of these firms and their role in the economy. Special attention is given to the potential role of cooperative business organizations in community development. prereq: Econ 1101 (or Econ 1111) or instr consent
MGMT 3141 - Business Law: The Legal Environment of Business
Credits: 2.0 [max 2.0]
Typically offered: Periodic Fall & Spring
Introduction to the legal environment in which business operates. Covers the sources of regulatory authority, including U.S. constitutional authority, judicial authority, and state and local regulatory systems; ethical business decision-making; tortious acts in the business world, intellectual property, and an introduction to contract law. prereq: 2101 or instr consent
MGMT 3142 - Business Law: Sales Law, Commercial Paper, and Forms of Business
Credits: 2.0 [max 2.0]
Typically offered: Periodic Fall & Spring
Covers sales law under the Uniform Commercial Code; negotiable instruments (i.e., the law of commercial paper); and principles of agency law. Provides an introduction to a wide variety of business organizational forms with in-depth emphasis on partnerships, limited partnerships, limited liability corporations, corporate law, and securities law and regulation. This class complements MGMT 3141, and may be taken with or without having first taken 3141. prereq: 2101 or instr consent
MGMT 3151 - Human Resources Management I (E/CR)
Credits: 2.0 [max 2.0]
Typically offered: Periodic Fall & Spring
An introduction to the functional areas of human resource management through the use of case studies. Topics include legal issues, strategic and sustainability planning, recruitment, evaluation, compensation, and benefits. prereq: Stat 1601 or Stat 2601 or instr consent
MGMT 3152 - Human Resources Management II (HDIV)
Credits: 2.0 [max 2.0]
Typically offered: Periodic Fall & Spring
Topics in human resource management: evaluating employee performance, training and safety, sustainability and "lean manufacturing," labor relations, and international human resource management. prereq: 3151 or instr consent
MGMT 3161 - Labor Management Relations I (E/CR)
Credits: 2.0 [max 2.0]
Typically offered: Periodic Fall & Spring
Historical development of labor relations and the legal framework governing collective bargaining. Labor relations law reform. Case studies from labor relations law. prereq: Econ 1101 (or 1111) or instr consent
MGMT 3162 - Labor Management Relations II
Credits: 2.0 [max 2.0]
Typically offered: Periodic Fall & Spring
Issues in labor-management negotiation, grievances, wages and economic security plans, public policies toward collective bargaining. Case studies from labor arbitration. prereq: 3161 or instr consent
MGMT 3173 - Comparative Employment Relations (E/CR)
Credits: 2.0 [max 2.0]
Typically offered: Every Spring
This course examines the employment relations system of the United States and various other developed market economies. It includes a comparison of public policies and private practices regarding individual employment rights at work, collective representation at work, employee involvement mechanisms, employment protection, and social welfare policies related to the workplace. prereq: 2101, Econ 1101 (or Econ 1111)
MGMT 3201 - Marketing Principles and Strategy
Credits: 4.0 [max 4.0]
Typically offered: Periodic Fall & Spring
Basic factors affecting policy and strategy issues in marketing. Economic, legal, behavioral, environmental, competitive, and technological factors as they affect product, pricing, promotion, and marketing-channel decisions. prereq: 2102, Stat 1601 or instr consent
MGMT 3221 - Management and Organization Theory
Credits: 4.0 [max 4.0]
Typically offered: Periodic Fall & Spring
Theory, research, and practice of management. Planning, organizing, leading, controlling. Emphasizes goals, policies, procedures. Factors and human relationships necessary to achieve organizational success. Organizational structure/culture. Changing environment in which businesses operate. prereq: 2101, Econ 1101 (or Econ 1111) or instr consent
MGMT 3503 - Consumer Behavior (SS)
Credits: 4.0 [max 4.0]
Course Equivalencies: Psy 3503/Mgmt 3503
Typically offered: Periodic Spring
Same as Psy 3503. Psychological basis for understanding consumers. Some of the topics include consumer behavior, consumer cognitive processes, and consumer judgments and decisions. prereq: Stat 1601 or Stat 2601 or instr consent
MGMT 3513 - Negotiation
Credits: 4.0 [max 4.0]
Course Equivalencies: Mgmt 3513/Psy 3513
Typically offered: Periodic Fall & Spring
Same as Psy 3513. Examines the theoretical and applied aspects of negotiation. Topics include negotiation theory, strategy, skills and tactics, communication processes, global negotiation, and ethics. Use of negotiation simulations. prereq: 3221 or Psy 3501 or Psy/Mgmt 3701
MGMT 3601 - Transnational Enterprise (IP)
Credits: 4.0 [max 4.0]
Typically offered: Periodic Fall & Spring
Development and transformation of business enterprise within the global economy emerging from time and motion studies, mergers, "corporate revolution," Fordism through to multi-plant manufacturing beyond national boundaries. Includes the basic impact of structural, institutional, and organizational change upon the dynamics of the firm and industry in the contemporary hyper-competitive, technology-driven, fast-paced, global environment. prereq: 2101, Econ 1101 (or Econ 1111, Econ 1112) or instr consent, Engl 1601 (or instr consent for students with college writing experience)
MGMT 3701 - Organizational Behavior (SS)
Credits: 4.0 [max 4.0]
Course Equivalencies: Mgmt 3701/Psy 3701
Typically offered: Periodic Fall & Spring
Same as Psy 3701. Uses the theories and research of the behavioral sciences to understand how organizations function at the individual, group, and organizational levels. Topics include stress in the workplace; group dynamics; power, leadership, and attribution theory. prereq: Stat 1601 or Stat 2601, jr or sr
MGMT 3993 - Directed Study
Credits: 1.0 -5.0 [max 10.0]
Typically offered: Every Fall & Spring
An on- or off-campus learning experience individually arranged between a student and a faculty member for academic credit in areas not covered in the regular curriculum.
MGMT 4102 - Investment and Portfolio Analysis I
Credits: 2.0 [max 2.0]
Typically offered: Every Spring
Familiarizes the student with conventional and state-of-the-art tools currently employed in the asset management industry. Discusses the concept of security markets indexes and index funds. Explores the techniques of valuation and management of common stocks and bonds. prereq: 2101, 2102, 3101
MGMT 4103 - Investment and Portfolio Analysis II
Credits: 2.0 [max 2.0]
Typically offered: Every Spring
Familiarizes the student with conventional and state-of-the-art tools currently employed in the asset management industry. Discusses the investment theories such as Markowitz portfolio theory, capital market theory, and the capital asset pricing model. Also, focuses on derivative security analysis. prereq: 4102
MGMT 4201 - The Economics of Corporate Strategy I
Credits: 2.0 [max 2.0]
Typically offered: Periodic Fall & Spring
Setting the horizontal boundaries (e.g., which lines of business) and vertical boundaries (whether to make or buy inputs and outputs) of the firm, considered as strategic decisions. The different types of competition associated with distinct market structures. prereq: 3123 or Econ 3201, Math 1021 or Math 1101, or instr consent
MGMT 4202 - The Economics of Corporate Strategy II
Credits: 2.0 [max 2.0]
Typically offered: Periodic Fall & Spring
Tools for analyzing business strategies: credible strategic commitments, pricing rivalries, entry and exit, Porter's five forces framework, and the relationship between value creation and strategic market positioning. prereq: 4201
MGMT 4301 - Corporate Finance
Credits: 2.0 [max 2.0]
Typically offered: Periodic Spring
Overview of corporate finance topics like capital structure, how firms raise capital, dividend policy, short-term financial planning and working capital management, and mergers and acquisitions. prereq: 3101 or instr consent
MGMT 4896 - Internship
Credits: 1.0 -4.0 [max 4.0]
Grading Basis: S-N only
Typically offered: Every Fall & Spring
Supervised educational experience and field application relevant to student's major. Written analysis appropriate to the application is required. [Note: 2 cr may be applied to major or minor] prereq: 2102
MGMT 4993 - Directed Study
Credits: 1.0 -5.0 [max 10.0]
Typically offered: Every Fall & Spring
An on- or off-campus learning experience individually arranged between a student and a faculty member for academic credit in areas not covered in the regular curriculum.
PSY 3503 - Consumer Behavior (SS)
Credits: 4.0 [max 4.0]
Course Equivalencies: Psy 3503/Mgmt 3503
Typically offered: Periodic Spring
Same as Mgmt 3503. Psychological basis for understanding consumers. Some of the topics include consumer behavior, consumer cognitive processes, and consumer judgments and decisions. prereq: Stat 1601 or Stat 2601 or instr consent
PSY 3701 - Organizational Behavior (SS)
Credits: 4.0 [max 4.0]
Course Equivalencies: Mgmt 3701/Psy 3701
Typically offered: Periodic Fall
Same as Mgmt 3701. Uses the theories and research of the behavioral sciences to understand how organizations function at the individual, group, and organizational levels. Topics include stress in the workplace; group dynamics; power, leadership, and attribution theory. prereq: Stat 1601 or Stat 2601, jr or sr
ECON 4101 - Labor Economics I (HDIV)
Credits: 2.0 [max 2.0]
Typically offered: Periodic Fall & Spring
Wage and employment determination. Distribution of earnings and earnings inequality by race and sex. Labor supply applications. prereq: 3201 or Mgmt 3123 or instr consent
ECON 4102 - Labor Economics II
Credits: 2.0 [max 2.0]
Typically offered: Periodic Fall & Spring
Functioning and performance of the labor market. Heterodox explanations of labor market behavior. Labor demand applications. prereq: 3201 or Mgmt 3123 or instr consent
ECON 4111 - Mathematical Economics I
Credits: 2.0 [max 2.0]
Course Equivalencies: ECON 4201/ECON 4111
Typically offered: Periodic Fall & Spring
Application of mathematical methods to economic analysis. Mathematical formulations and solution of optimizing models pertaining to households and firms and of adjustments to disturbances. [Note: no credit for students who have received cr for Econ 4201] prereq: 3201, 3202 or instr consent
ECON 4112 - Mathematical Economics II
Credits: 2.0 [max 2.0]
Typically offered: Periodic Fall & Spring
Topics include linear modeling, input-output analysis and linear programming, efficiency and exchange, comparative static analysis, and dynamic microeconomic and macroeconomic models. prereq: 4111 or instr consent
ECON 4141 - Empirics of Economic Growth
Credits: 2.0 [max 2.0]
Typically offered: Periodic Fall & Spring
Presentation of the recent developments in economic growth with an emphasis on empirical research. The course asks, "Why are some countries so rich and some countries so poor?" Students first explore the proximate causes of economic growth such as physical capital, human capital, and productivity, and then address the role played by fundamental causes such as institutions, geography, and deep history. prereq: 3501
ECON 4201 - Foundations of Microeconomic Theory
Credits: 4.0 [max 4.0]
Course Equivalencies: ECON 4201/ECON 4111
Typically offered: Periodic Fall & Spring
Consumer theory, production theory, and general equilibrium. Issues addressed include: the choice approach versus the preference approach; the perils of common highly regular utility functions; the demand aggregation problem and solutions; the foundations of individual consumer welfare theory and social welfare criteria; multiple output production; and general equilibrium theory as a method for overcoming many of the issues encountered earlier in the course. This course does use a substantial amount of multivariable differential calculus. [Note: no credit for students who have received cr for Econ 4111] prereq: 3201
ECON 4501 - Senior Research Seminar in Economics and Management
Credits: 2.0 [max 4.0]
Typically offered: Every Fall
Guided research sessions familiarize students with literature in the field. Students devote their time to identify a research question and prepare a literature review and research plan. Students are required to write a short literature review paper and make a formal presentation of their literature review and their research plan to their peers. Required presentations may occur outside the regular class schedule. prereq: Engl 1601 for all students (or instr consent for students with previous college writing experience), 3501 for econ majors or sr status for mgmt majors or instr consent
ECON 4502 - Advanced Research Seminar in Economics and Management
Credits: 2.0 [max 2.0]
Typically offered: Every Spring
Guided sessions familiarize students with advanced research tools in the field. Students extend their research from Econ 4501 in the form of a deeper literature review, an empirical analysis, or a specific case study (management majors only). Students are required to submit a final paper and make a formal presentation of their research to their peers. Required presentations may occur outside the regular class schedule. prereq: 4501, instr consent
ECON 4993 - Directed Study
Credits: 1.0 -5.0 [max 10.0]
Typically offered: Every Fall & Spring
An on- or off-campus learning experience individually arranged between a student and a faculty member for academic credit in areas not covered in the regular curriculum.
MGMT 4102 - Investment and Portfolio Analysis I
Credits: 2.0 [max 2.0]
Typically offered: Every Spring
Familiarizes the student with conventional and state-of-the-art tools currently employed in the asset management industry. Discusses the concept of security markets indexes and index funds. Explores the techniques of valuation and management of common stocks and bonds. prereq: 2101, 2102, 3101
MGMT 4103 - Investment and Portfolio Analysis II
Credits: 2.0 [max 2.0]
Typically offered: Every Spring
Familiarizes the student with conventional and state-of-the-art tools currently employed in the asset management industry. Discusses the investment theories such as Markowitz portfolio theory, capital market theory, and the capital asset pricing model. Also, focuses on derivative security analysis. prereq: 4102
MGMT 4201 - The Economics of Corporate Strategy I
Credits: 2.0 [max 2.0]
Typically offered: Periodic Fall & Spring
Setting the horizontal boundaries (e.g., which lines of business) and vertical boundaries (whether to make or buy inputs and outputs) of the firm, considered as strategic decisions. The different types of competition associated with distinct market structures. prereq: 3123 or Econ 3201, Math 1021 or Math 1101, or instr consent
MGMT 4202 - The Economics of Corporate Strategy II
Credits: 2.0 [max 2.0]
Typically offered: Periodic Fall & Spring
Tools for analyzing business strategies: credible strategic commitments, pricing rivalries, entry and exit, Porter's five forces framework, and the relationship between value creation and strategic market positioning. prereq: 4201
MGMT 4301 - Corporate Finance
Credits: 2.0 [max 2.0]
Typically offered: Periodic Spring
Overview of corporate finance topics like capital structure, how firms raise capital, dividend policy, short-term financial planning and working capital management, and mergers and acquisitions. prereq: 3101 or instr consent
MGMT 4896 - Internship
Credits: 1.0 -4.0 [max 4.0]
Grading Basis: S-N only
Typically offered: Every Fall & Spring
Supervised educational experience and field application relevant to student's major. Written analysis appropriate to the application is required. [Note: 2 cr may be applied to major or minor] prereq: 2102
MGMT 4993 - Directed Study
Credits: 1.0 -5.0 [max 10.0]
Typically offered: Every Fall & Spring
An on- or off-campus learning experience individually arranged between a student and a faculty member for academic credit in areas not covered in the regular curriculum.