Department of Management Science and Information Systems

Legal Environment of Business: LEB

Upper-Division Courses

320F. Foundations of the Legal Environment of Business.

Introduction to the legal problems confronting businesses in the global environment. May not be counted toward the Bachelor of Business Administration degree. Prerequisite: Upper-division standing.

323. Business Law.

Role of law in society; introduction to legal reasoning, dispute resolution, judicial process, constitutional law, agency, torts, government regulations; business ethics; study of contracts. Only one of the following may be counted: Business Law 323, Legal Environment of Business 323, 323H. Prerequisite: Upper-division standing and credit or registration for Management Information Systems 324.

323H. Business Law: Honors.

Role of law in society; introduction to legal reasoning, dispute resolution, judicial process, constitutional law, agency, torts, government regulations; business ethics; study of contracts. Only one of the following may be counted: Business Law 323, Legal Environment of Business 323, 323H. Prerequisite: Upper-division standing, admission to the College of Business Administration Honors Program, and credit or registration for Management Information Systems 324H.

361. Law of Business Organizations.

Study of basic legal principles of business organizations and operations, including practical comparison and assessment of advantages and disadvantages of different types of organization. Business Law 361 and Legal Environment of Business 361 may not both be counted. Prerequisite: Legal Environment of Business 323 (or Business Law 323) with a grade of at least C.

363. Real Estate Law.

Law pertaining to estates and interests in land, conveyances and mortgages, brokers, easements, contracts, default and foreclosure. Business Law 363 and Legal Environment of Business 363 may not both be counted. Prerequisite: Legal Environment of Business 323 (or Business Law 323) or the equivalent with a grade of at least C, or consent of instructor.

364. CPA Law Review.

CPA law examinations for recent years; fields of law covered by these examinations; study of and practice in the technique of analyzing and answering law problems and cases. Business Law 364 and Legal Environment of Business 364 may not both be counted. Prerequisite: Legal Environment of Business 323 (or Business Law 323) or the equivalent with a grade of at least C, or consent of instructor.

366. Commercial Transactions.

Applied business transactions, with emphasis on the Uniform Commercial Code; emphasis on bailments, sales of goods, commercial paper, bank-customer relationships, creditor security devices, and bankruptcy. Business Law 366 and Legal Environment of Business 366 may not both be counted. Prerequisite: Legal Environment of Business 323 (or Business Law 323) or the equivalent with a grade of at least C, or consent of instructor.

370. Topics in the Legal Environment of Business.

Selected topics on legal constraints affecting managerial decision making and business behavior. May be repeated for credit when the topics vary. Business Law 370 and Legal Environment of Business 370 may not both be counted unless the topics vary. Prerequisite: Legal Environment of Business 323 (or Business Law 323) or the equivalent with a grade of at least C, or consent of instructor.

Topic 1: Antitrust Law.

Topic 2: Environmental Law.

Topic 3: Employer-Employee Relations.

Topic 4: Social and Ethical Responsibilities of Business.

Topic 5: The Law and the Multinational Corporation.

Topic 6: Law of the Entertainment Business.

Topic 7: Business Torts.

Topic 8: Constitutional Issues in Business.

Topic 9: Business Dispute Resolution.

Topic 10: Intellectual Property and Antitrust.

372. Oil and Gas Law.

Application of legal principles of real property to oil and gas transactions; study of leasing, pooling, unitization, and governmental regulations. Business Law 372 and Legal Environment of Business 372 may not both be counted. Prerequisite: Legal Environment of Business 323 (or Business Law 323) or the equivalent with a grade of at least C, and Legal Environment of Business 363 (or Business Law 363); or consent of instructor.

Management Information Systems: MIS

Lower-Division Courses

304. Introduction to Business Programming.

Programming skills for creating easy-to-maintain systems for business applications. Object-oriented and structured methodologies with C++.

310. Introduction to Management Information Systems.

Basic computer terminology, hardware and software, communications technology, graphics, systems analysis and design, and issues arising out of the rapidly evolving field of information systems. Students are expected to achieve a working knowledge of personal computer software, including operating system software and environments, as well as spreadsheets, analytical graphics, databases, and presentation software. Hands-on experience with the Internet and use of electronic mail. Prerequisite: Business Administration 101 or equivalent e-mail experience.

311F. Foundations of Data Analysis and Information Systems.

Basic concepts of information systems and statistics as they apply to business: computer terminology, hardware, software, descriptive statistics, simple regression, and inference, with experience using spreadsheet software to analyze real data. May not be counted toward the Bachelor of Business Administration degree.

324. Business Communication: Oral and Written.

Theory and practice of effective communication, using models from business situations. Students practice what they learn with a variety of in-class activities, formal and informal oral presentations, and written assignments. Most classes and assignments involve teamwork. Only one of the following may be counted: Business Communication 324, Management Information Systems 324, 324H. Prerequisite: Business Administration 102, Management Information Systems 310, and English 316K with a grade of at least C in each.

324H. Business Communication: Oral and Written: Honors.

Research techniques and applications for reports designed for adaptive management; strategies in written and oral communication for influence and organizational control. Only one of the following may be counted: Business Communication 324, Management Information Systems 324, 324H. Prerequisite: Upper-division standing and admission to the College of Business Administration Honors Program.

325. Introduction to Data Management.

Beginning and intermediate topics in data modeling for relational database management systems; development of desktop systems with technology such as Access and Visual Basic. Management Information Systems 325 and 373 (Topic 3: Commercial Software Systems) may not both be counted. Prerequisite: Management Information Systems 304 or 310.

Upper-Division Courses

333. COBOL with Business Applications.

Beginning, intermediate, and advanced topics in COBOL programming with business systems applications; file processing, simulation. Prerequisite: Computer Sciences 304P with a grade of at least C.

333K. Computer System Utilization in Business.

Concepts and practices of information systems. Advanced programming techniques used to generate menu-driven applications. Prerequisite: Management Information Systems 333 with a grade of at least C.

373. Topics in Management Information Systems.

Provides in-depth treatment of business data processing concerns such as database management, telecommunications, and development of commercial systems. May be repeated for credit when the topics vary.

Topic 1: Database Management. Prerequisite: Management Information Systems 333K with a grade of at least C.

Topic 2: Applied Data Communication Systems. Prerequisite: Management Information Systems 325 with a grade of at least C.

Topic 3: Commercial Software Systems. Prerequisite: Computer Sciences 304P or Management Information Systems 310 with a grade of at least C.

Topic 4: Information Systems Project Management. Prerequisite: Management Information Systems 333 or six semester hours of coursework in programming.

Topic 5: Client/Server Systems Development. Prerequisite: Management Information Systems 325.

Topic 6: Advanced Application of Software Development. Prerequisite: Management Information Systems 333K and consent of instructor.

374. Business System Development.

Provides background in business system analysis, evaluations, design, and implementation, using basic business knowledge and computer skills. Prerequisite: Management Information Systems 333K and credit or registration for Management Information Systems 324.

Management Science: MSC

Upper-Division Courses

371. Introduction to Management Science.

Optimization techniques for deterministic models (linear and integer programming) and stochastic models (queueing, simulation, Markov chains). Only one of the following may be counted: Management Science 371, 371H, Statistics 371. Prerequisite: Upper-division standing, Management Information Systems 310 and Statistics 309 or the equivalent with a grade of at least C in each, and Mathematics 408D or the equivalent.

371H. Introduction to Management Science: Honors.

Optimization techniques for deterministic models (linear and integer programming) and stochastic models (queueing, simulation, Markov chains). Only one of the following may be counted: Management Science 371, 371H, Statistics 371. Prerequisite: Upper-division standing, Management Information Systems 310 and Statistics 309H with a grade of at least C in each, and Mathematics 408D or the equivalent.

Risk Management and Insurance: RMI

Upper-Division Courses

357E. Introduction to Risk Management and Insurance.

Principles of risk management and insurance for individuals and organizations, financial aspects of insurance companies and markets, industry structure, managerial aspects of underwriting and pricing, and public policy issues. Prerequisite: Upper-division standing.

369K. Health Care Finance, Life Insurance Theory, and Pension Fund Management.

Risk management issues involving financial consequences of life and health contingencies, health care finance, company management, pension planning, economics of industry structure, and public policy issues. Prerequisite: Risk Management and Insurance 357E with a grade of at least C or consent of instructor.

377. Property-Liability Risk Management and Planning.

Analysis of property-liability risks of businesses, risk management tools, risk financing, and insurance contracts for financial planning purposes; investment and underwriting operations, market structures, and insurance regulation. Prerequisite: Risk Management and Insurance 357E with a grade of at least C or consent of instructor.

Statistics: STA

Lower-Division Courses

309. Elementary Business Statistics.

Training in the use of data to gain insight into business problems; describing distributions (center, spread, change, and relationships), producing data (experiments and sampling), probability and inference (means, proportions, differences, regression and correlation). Only one of the following may be counted: Economics 329, Statistics 309, 309H. Prerequisite: Mathematics 403K and 403L or their equivalents.

309H. Elementary Business Statistics: Honors.

Training in the use of data to gain insight into business problems; describing distributions (center, spread, change, and relationships), producing data (experiments and sampling), probability and inference (means, proportions, differences, regression and correlation). Only one of the following may be counted: Economics 329, Statistics 309, 309H. Prerequisite: Mathematics 403K and 403L or their equivalents, and admission to the College of Business Administration Honors Program.

Upper-Division Course

376. Statistics in Business Forecasting.

Analysis of forecasting techniques and theory; macroeconomic models; long-range and short-term forecasting; forecasting for the firm, using case material. Prerequisite: Upper-division standing and Statistics 309 or the equivalent with a grade of at least C.

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