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3.00 Credits
This experience is designed to expose the student to the reality of working in a biological field through direct participation. As such, the student engages in meaningful, professional, substantive work experiences related to the students' scientific interests. Biology internships may involve research with a faculty member, or participation in off-campus workshops or employment. Prerequisite: 60 credits of completed coursework, cumulative GPA of at least 2.50 and Departmental approval. 3 credit hours.
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3.00 Credits
This experience allows a student to do biological research under the supervision of a faculty member. A research proposal developed in the Introduction to Scientific Research course can be conducted in this course and the results of the study utilized for the Senior Thesis course. Prerequisite: 60 credits of completed coursework, cumulative GPA of at least 2.50 and Departmental approval.
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3.00 Credits
Fall-Spring Semesters This course is intended to give students a foundational understanding of the role and function of the business enterprise. The aspects of business that will be explored include: accounting, finance, leadership, management, marketing, strategy, operations, human resources, organizational behavior and information systems. Ethics, economics, service/volunteerism, the international marketplace, demand creation, an organization’s value chain, and supply chain management will also be discussed. Students will have multiple opportunities to improve their communication and teamwork skills. Preference will be given to the following majors: undecided business majors, undecided majors and those other students interested in exploring business careers. Enrollment is limited to students with less than 60 credits completed who have not completed other 200-level business courses. 3 credit hours.
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3.00 Credits
Fall Semesters This course is designed for students in all majors. Methods are developed for use in making personal decisions about credit, leasing, renting, insurance, investing, taxes, retirement and estate planning, and purchasing durable goods. 3 credit hours.
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3.00 Credits
Spring Semester In exploring the "entrepreneur as a phenomenon" students will be exposed to the current theory and experiences associated with entrepreneurship in all organizational settings-large, small, public, private and international. In addition, topics such as entrepreneurship in large organizations, market systems, characteristics of the information society, technology transfers, sources of venture capital, ethics and case studies will be used. This course can also be used to satisfy a management elective. Prerequisite: Completion of MKT200 and MGT250 with a grade of 2.0 or higher. 3 credit hours.
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3.00 Credits
Fall Semester This course provides the prospective entrepreneur with the basic knowledge to start a small business venture and is designed to simulate real-life activities of entrepreneurs in the start-up stage of a new venture. Topics covered include the nature of small business, the role of an entrepreneur, start-up and buy-out opportunities, and the legal environment of small business. A major project for this course requires that students develop a business plan focusing on a product or service. This project includes plans for marketing, financial planning, operations and management development and legal considerations of that business. This course can also be used to satisfy a management elective. Prerequisite: Completion of MGT250 and MKT200 with grades of 2.0 or higher. 3 credit hours. BUS345 Business Law I Fall-Spring Semesters A study of the domestic and international legal environment of business including business ethics, the U.S. Constitution, the judicial system, torts, criminal law, intellectual property, cyber law and e-commerce, contracts, domestic and international sales and lease contracts, and negotiable instruments. Selected articles from the Uniform Commercial Code and the United Nations Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods will be studied. 3 credit hours.
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3.00 Credits
A business internship is a short-term business-related work experience designed to allow students to gain meaningful, pre-professional work experience in their field of study prior to graduation. Internships require students to meet periodically with a faculty supervisor, provide a written deliverable and participate in an end of internship evaluation. Prerequisite: Junior standing and departmental approval of each student participant's individual program. The program requires approximately ten hours per week for twelve weeks. Grading will be pass/fail. 3 credit hours each semester.
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3.00 Credits
Fall-Spring Semesters A capstone course that examines the policy-making and planning process from the management perspective. This course provides a dynamic, practical, hands-on approach that encourages students to immerse themselves in the vision, research, and planning aspects of a new business venture. It is designed to: (1) integrate business learning which has occurred across the course of the students undergraduate experience; (2) teach students how to research, develop, and write detailed business plans which can be used to create successful businesses; and (3) provide students with exposure to relevant, contemporary business topics through periodic presentations by local business professionals. Prerequisite: Senior standing, completion of 90 credits and completion of ACC225, BUS345, ECO201, FIN300, IFS305, MGT250, MGT350, MKT200, QBA265 or QBA310 with grades of 2.0 or higher. This is a writing/communication-intensive course. Students enrolled in this course during the Fall and Spring semesters are required to take a comprehensive examination in business. The examination will be given on several testing dates during the first few weeks of the semester. 3 credit hours.
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1.00 - 3.00 Credits
The Independent Study Program affords an opportunity for the student who wishes to undertake a well-defined research project. While the student conducts his work under the guidance of a faculty member of his own choosing, the project is carried out in an independent manner without regular class meetings. Effective independent study is characterized by a reduction in formal instruction and an increase in the individual student's responsibility and initiative in the learning process. 1-3 credit hours each semester.
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3.00 Credits
Fall-Spring Semesters This course is designed specifically for majors requiring a single semester of chemistry as a continuation from high school chemistry. The course emphasizes general chemistry principles that are essential to continuing study in the health sciences. The course includes a brief introduction to organic functional groups. Prerequisite: High School Chemistry. Students with weak high school backgrounds are advised to complete CHM104 (Foundations of Chemistry) before enrolling in CHM122, CHM123. 3 class periods. 1 three-hour laboratory period (CHM123). 4 credit hours. Satisfies ADR III.
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