Course Number

Title

Description

Terms Offered

Pre-requisites

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approval required

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approval required

BA 318 External Reporting, BA 340 Finance

BA 340

BA 360

Finance

Intro to Financial Mgt.

Role of Financial Manager, financial objectives & policies, analysis, forecasting, planning & control, asset management, capitol budgeting

About 85% overlap in these two classes.  BA 360 has entrepreneurial focus.

Fall
Winter
Spring

BA 347

International Business

Current patterns, socioeconomic & geopolitical systems of intl. business, major theories, transactions, forms & institutions that facilitate trade, interface between nations & firms conducting business

Fall
Winter
Spring

EC 202 Macroeconomics

BA 351

Managing Organizations

A systems perspective to understanding the management functions of planning, organizing, leading and controlling.  Ethical and diversity issues are addressed as they are relevant to entrepreneurial and established ventures.

Fall
Winter
Spring

None

Not required for OSU business majors

BA 352

Organizational Behavior

Examines behavior of individuals & groups, concepts of total quality,& diversity. Develops skills in solo/small group performance through practical application of theory & research.

Fall
Winter
Spring

Public Speaking

Sample syllabus

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Sample Syllabus

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approval required

BA440

Number changed to BA 342.  Content is the same.

Advanced Financial Management

Topics: Capital market theory, valuation of risky assets & firm's securities, capital budgeting, capital structure theory, long-term financing alternatives, cost of capital, dividend policy, working capital management, financial analysis & planning, mergers and takeovers.

Spring

BA 340 Finance

Sample syllabus

BA 441

Financial Institutions

Topics: commercial banks; other financial institutions; management of services; loan & investment policies, operating and pricing policies, and current developments in financial services.

Winter
Spring

BA 340 Finance; BA 440 Corporate Finance

Sample
Syllabus

BA 442

Number changed to BA 341.  Content is the same.

Investments

Topics: Risk & reward; sources of information; securities markets; common stocks, debt securities, convertible securities, option contracts; real property investment; market analysis; tax aspects and investment management.

Fall
Winter

BA 340 Finance

Sample syllabus

BA444

Financial Risk Management

Investigation of financial hedging activity for corporations 7 financial institutions using futures, options, and other derivative securities. identification of risk attributes, hedging rationales.

Winter

BA 340 Finance

BA 445

Sample syllabus

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Syllabus

BA 452

Leadership & Team Building

In-depth practice and development of three skills: leadership, team building, and negotiations. Provides opportunities for learning to increase effectiveness as a group member or leader.

Fall
Spring

BA 350 Organizational Systems;
BA 352 Organizational Behavior

Sample syllabus

BA 462

Project Management

Covers the tools available to project managers, the human and organizational dimensions in different project environments, some computer applications, cases, and a project.

Fall
Winter

BA 350 Organizational Systems; BA 352 Organizational Behavior; BA 357 Operations Management; BA 275 Quantitative Business Methods

BA 370

Business Info Systems Overview

Introduces students to the field of informaiton management.  Topics include information systems technology, the strategic role of IT, the business applications of networks, databases and Internet technologies, and the development and implementation of information systems.  Use relational database models to design a real-world case study.

Fall
Winter
Spring

BA 213 Managerial Accounting

BA 276 Statistical Inference

BA 492

Slash course, graduate level is BA592

Consumer Behavior

Topics include: processes that lead to purchase, segmentation and the appropriate marketing mix, consumer's decision making process; application of behavioral science concepts at individual, sub-cultural & cultural levels, effects of consumerism and regulation.

Fall
Winter

BA 390 Marketing

Sample syllabus

BA 493

Advertising Management

Topics include: influence of marketing communications on consumers' behavior, major decisions of marketing/advertising managers in implementing the promotional mix.

Winter

BA 390 Marketing

BA 497

Slash course, graduate level is BA597

Global Marketing

Topics: cultural, political, regulatory, economic, trade barriers; pricing; distribution channels; & promotion alternatives.

Fall
Spring

BA 390 Marketing

BA 347 International Business

Sample syllabus

BA 540

Advanced Financial Mgt.

Emphasizes analytical tools to measure and manage firm value, through corporate strategies such as mergers and acquisitions, leveraged buyouts, international expansion, and new venture development.

Spring

BA 340 Finance

BA 553

Slash course, undergraduate class is BA 453

Human Resource Management

Topics: Personnel administration, govt. regulation, resolution of personnel problems, and performance-based personnel management.

Fall, winter
Spring

BA 555

Practical Business Analysis

Survey of quantitative business methods. Topics include: basic statistics review, programming, business simulation, statistical process control, advanced regression analysis and forecasting.

Fall

BA 275 Quantitative Business Methods

BA 597

Slash course, undergraduate class is BA497

Global Marketing

Same as BA 497 with additional project/paper.

Fall/Spring

None

See BA 497

BA 569

Advanced Strategic Management

Advanced integrative case-based course. Topics include: setting corporate goals & objectives, analyzing external competitive environments, understanding business models, identifying strategy options, designing appropriate structures & systems for implementation of plans.

Fall
Spring

Sample syllabus