| Course | Title | Credits |
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| BA101 | Introduction to Business This introductory course provides students with a practical and concrete explanation of the concepts of business. Concepts, principles, and operations of the private enterprise system are identified in this course. Students compare and contrast sole proprietorships, partnerships, and corporations, and they learn the advantages and disadvantages of each. This course also discusses the functions of modern business management, marketing, and ethics and social responsibility. Human resource management is described as well as how employers can motivate their employees. Bookkeeping, accounting, financial management, and financial statements are also examined. | 3 |
| BA150 | Principles of Business Mgmt This introductory course provides students with a practical and concrete explanation of the concepts and techniques they will need as managers in today\'s new organizations. The sequence of topics follows the familiar pattern of planning, organizing, leading, and controlling. Throughout the course, the manager\'s role in leading and accommodating change is emphasized. The course also introduces the student to the issues of managing global businesses, especially the ways in which managers need to develop a global perspective in order to be successful. Issues in strategy, diversity, and entrepreneurship are covered extensively. | 3 |
| BA181 | Foundations of Marketing This course on the principles of marketing provides an introduction to the nature and fundamentals of the marketing activity in modern businesses. The broad view of marketing that is presented builds on the integration of marketing with the entire enterprise, reinforced by theories and concepts as well as practices and applications. Topics include an analysis of the economic factors influencing buyer behavior, marketing research, market segmentation, development of marketing programs (new product, price, advertising and distribution decisions), and international marketing. The course also covers new marketing technologies that are revolutionizing the way companies bring value to their customers. | 3 |
| BA201 | Microeconomics This course provides the undergraduate student with an introduction to microeconomics. It provides the student with a sound foundation in economic thinking that is central to business. Topics that are covered include supply and demand, opportunity costs, elasticities, utility theory, the economic concept of the firm, the relationship between costs and capital in the short-run and in the long-run, competition, monopoly, anti-trust laws, and public and private goods. | 3 |
| BA206 | Macroeconomics This introductory course provides an overview of current and traditional concerns and methods of macroeconomics. Topics that are covered include economic growth, unemployment inflation, government deficits, monetary policy, investment and capital, the role and methods of the Federal Reserve, Keynesian and monetarist theories, and comparative advantage. | 3 |
| BA215 | Business Statistics In this course students learn to apply descriptive and inferential statistics to solve business problems. Students perform statistical analysis of samples, compute the measures of location and dispersion, and perform linear and multiple regression and correlation analysis. Other topics include constructing a hypothesis, performing one-way and two-way analysis of variance, and making decisions under risk and uncertainty. | 3 |
| BA220 | Financial Accounting This introductory financial accounting course introduces the student to the important role of financial accounting in modern business. The key role of financial accounting is to provide useful information to external users in order that a wide variety of economic decisions can be made. The course covers the theory and practice of accounting applicable to the recording, summarizing, and reporting of business transactions. Topics include the different types of financial statements and accounts, asset valuation, revenue and expense recognition, and appropriate accounting for asset, liability, and capital accounts. | 3 |
| BA225 | Managerial Accounting This course is a continuation of Financial Accounting, shifting the focus from external reporting to internal needs of managers. Managerial accounting information helps managers accomplish three essential functions: planning, controlling, and decision-making. The course provides students with an understanding of managerial accounting information to enable them to evaluate the usefulness of managerial accounting techniques in the real world. Topics include managerial accounting terminology, budgeting, costing, breakeven analysis, and cost-volume-profitability analysis. The methods of identifying and extracting relevant information from managerial accounting systems as an input to decision making and performance evaluation are stressed throughout the course. | 3 |
| BA260 | Business Law I This course is designed to provide the student with a basic understanding of the law that affects business operations including the topics of torts, contracts, commercial paper, and sales. New developments that affect the legal environment of business are presented from all three sources of law: statutes, regulations, and case law. The student will gain a thorough understanding of law that governs business and will gain an understanding of how new developments in technology affect business law. | 3 |
| BA265 | Business Law II This course is designed to provide the student with an understanding of the law affecting business operations, including the topics of debtor-creditor relationships, business organizations, government regulation, property and its protection, and the international legal environment. New developments on those topics are presented from all three sources of law: statutes, regulations, and case law.
This course differs from Business Law I. This course includes more of the specific law that is written for specific business situations. The student will gain an advanced understanding of law governing business: debtor-creditor relationships, business organizations, government regulation, property and its protection, the international legal environment, and other topics. The student\'s knowledge of business law will increase in areas related to new developments in technology, especially computers and the Internet. In addition, the student will examine important cases, statutes, and regulati | 3 |
| BA301 | Business & Society This intermediate course is designed to provide the student with a basic understanding of business and how it relates to society as a whole. The major topics include the corporation in society, the business and the social environment, business and the ethical environment, business and government in a global society, the corporation and the natural environment, business and technological change. A systems-thinking approach is central to the course, wherein business, government, and society are so closely intertwined that an action that affects one will inevitably affect the others. The corporation\'s responsibilities to primary and secondary stakeholders, both economic and ethical, are studied in light of various social issues. | 3 |
| BA325 | Labor Relations This intermediate business administration course examines the historical and legal basis for labor relations and collective bargaining in the United States. The growth and evolution of labor law due to court decisions, NLRB rulings, and changes in the environment of union and management relations are covered, as well as analyses of the implications of changing labor laws in the workplace. Topics include estimation of wages and benefits, computerized costing, negotiating techniques, contract enforcement, grievances, and arbitration. | 3 |
| BA330 | Marketing Communications This course provides students with a baseline understanding of marketing communication strategies. Whereas the Foundations of Marketing and Marketing Analysis courses examine the intricacies of the marketing business, Marketing Communications exposes students to the actual ways that marketers approach their own communication activities. Starting with the theoretical background to marketing communications, the course moves to the mechanics of producing marketing materials, describing the various techniques marketers have for telling their stories. By taking the concept of marketing as a launching point, students examine the layers of a sound marketing implementation plan by looking at several communication strategies. Initial topics include communication and miscommunication in the marketing world. The course then moves to topics such as the elements of the communications mix and corporate image and brand management. The course ends with specific modes of communication (e.g., radio, TV, | 3 |
| BA340 | Human Resource Management This course provides students with a comprehensive review of the concepts and techniques associated with strategic human resource management (HRM) in an emerging global context. Key issues examined are the legal, ethical, and regulatory nature of the business environment. Also studied are the specific technical areas of job evaluation, recruitment and selection, compensation and benefits, training and development, performance appraisal, and employee relations. Of particular importance is the examination of such areas as technology, international staffing, and global competition. | 3 |
| BA350 | Principles of Finance I This intermediate course examines the role of the financial manager in the overall management and control of a firm. Stress is placed on the use of analytical models for improving the decision-making process. Both the short-term management of working capital and the long-term planning of capital structure and investment strategy are covered. Topics include financial ratio analysis, the time value of money, valuation of stocks and bonds, free cash flows, capital budgeting, and the cost of capital. | 3 |
| BA365 | Intro to Operations Management This course is an introduction to operations management that strikes a balance between both the managerial issues and quantitative techniques of operations. There is an increased emphasis on information technology and the effect of the Internet and e-business on operations management. Important changes taking place in operations, such as supply chains, e-business, and information technology are integrated with more traditional topics in operations such as strategy, quality, and competitiveness. Topics include the strategic importance of operations, designing the operating system, managing the supply chain, and ensuring quality. | 3 |
| BA370 | Employment Law This course provides the student with a basic understanding of law that affects business in the area of employment, including employment relationship and procedure, employment discrimination, and government regulation of employment. New developments affecting the legal environment of employment are presented from all three sources of law: statutes, regulations, and case law. The student will gain a thorough understanding of employment law that governs business and how new developments affect employment law. | 3 |
| BA420 | Organizational Behavior This course introduces students to concepts and principles of organizational behavior. Students investigate the impact that individuals, groups, and structures have on behavior within organizations, for the purpose of applying such knowledge toward improving an organization\'s effectiveness. Topics addressed include motivation, leadership, communications, group structure and process, attitude and values, and the change process. | 3 |
| BA430 | Intro to Quality Managment This course presents a broad overview of the quality management system. The total quality concept as an approach to doing business began to gain wide acceptance in the late 1980s. The evolution and methodologies for managing the quality system in manufacturing changed the way business was conducted. This course provides an overview of the transformation, the tools used, and how the system has evolved. | 3 |
| BA440 | Marketing Analysis This course provides students with an advanced, managerial approach to marketing strategies, exposing students to major decisions that marketing managers may face in their effort to balance an organization\'s objects and resources against the needs and opportunities in the global market. Initial topics include an in depth view of strategic marketing strategies and the national and international marketing environment. Building upon this foundational knowledge, the course also explores marketing in the Internet age, the ethics of marketing from a social perspective, the global marketplace, and relationship marketing. | 3 |
| BA460 | Public Relations This course provides students with an in-depth analysis of public relations practices. The course aims to demonstrate the critical need for effective public relations communication in the 21st-Century by placing emphasis on the principles, processes, and practices that lead to building positive relationships in a 24/7 communications environment. Starting with an understanding of how communications research, theory, and public opinion can be applied to strategic public relations planning and creation of believable and persuasive messages, the course moves through a series of “Speaking of Ethics†features that bring to life the daily dilemmas that confront professional public relations practitioners. | 3 |
| BA490 | Business Policy and Strategy Business Policy and Strategy is the capstone course for business administration majors. This advanced course is designed to provide students with a general management perspective of the total business enterprise. Students learn new strategy formulation, implementation, and evaluation concepts and techniques. Students use this new knowledge, coupled with knowledge acquired from other courses, to chart the future direction of different types of organizations. The course builds on previous courses in diverse functional areas to offer insights and analytical tools, which a general manager needs to plan and implement successful business policies and strategies. The course emphasizes the practical application of business theory to business problems. | 3 |
| CS101 | CompConcepts and Office Apps Students explore the fundamentals of Microsoft Office 2010 including a broad understanding of the theories behind the applications. Students gain skills in Microsoft Word 2010, Microsoft Excel 2010, Microsoft Access 2010 and Microsoft
PowerPoint 2010. Students achieve an appreciation for the application of these tools and develop a skill set in using the applications. | 4 |
| EN101 | English Composition I This course develops written communication skills with emphasis on understanding the writing process, analyzing readings and practicing writing for personal and professional applications. | 3 |
| EN102 | English Composition II This is a freshman college-level writing course designed to build on skills learned in EN101. The student is expected to complete writing assignments that spring from assigned reading material, which clearly evince an awareness of social issues. Upon successful completion of EN102, students should be competent in reading, reflecting on, and responding to literature using scholarly analysis, organizing clear and effective writing with a thesis statement, anticipating bias by viewing all sides of an issue, performing effective research using library resources, monitoring tone and using appropriate argumentative skills when pursuing a thesis, using MLA formatting guidelines for research papers, and avoiding plagiarism with careful documentation. | 3 |
| GP210 | American Government I This undergraduate course provides an introduction to American government and politics. Topics include the concept of a constitutional democracy, federalism, first amendment rights, equal rights under the law, political culture, political ideology, interest groups, lobbying, and political campaigns and elections. | 3 |
| GU100 | Student Success This required one-credit hour course introduces Grantham students to various strategies for learning and helps develop skills essential for succeeding in an online education program. Students complete selfassessments to become familiar with their learning styles and how to use their learning styles in online studies. Students successfully completing this course are more proficient in time management, reading skills, writing techniques, memory abilities, and test-taking strategies. Students learn how to navigate within Grantham University's online course learning environment, submit assignments, and where to go for academic assistance. GU100 is normally taken with level 100 or 200 courses that offer the most common challenges in working in an online learning environment. Students complete assignments in both courses simultaneously as a learning strategy for general education and entry-level knowledge acquisition while developing successful online study skills. Successful completion of G | 1 |
| HU260 | Strategies for Decision Making This course is about becoming a better thinker in every aspect of your life: in your career, and as a consumer, citizen, friend, parent, and lover. Discover the core skills of effective thinking; then analyze your own thought processes, identify weaknesses, and overcome them. Learn how to translate more effective thinking into better decisions, less frustration, more wealth - and above all, greater confidence to pursue and achieve your most important goals in life. | 3 |
| MA105 | College Algebra An introductory level course on the fundamental concepts of algebra. Topics include equations, polynomial and rational functions and graphing, and exponential and logarithmic functions. | 3 |
| MA170 | Finite Mathematics This introductory finite mathematics is intended for first- and second-year college students, especially those majoring in business. The course covers a range of topics in linear mathematics including linear equations, matrices, and linear programming. The course also introduces probability and statistics. Next, the course combines the ideas of linear mathematics and probability and statistics, and applies them to real-world problems of finance. | 3 |
| Program and core: | 89 |
| Electives (11): | 33 |
| Total: | 122 |
