Business. Bus 298 (s) Internship (1-3 cr, max 6). Open only to majors in the Dept of Business. Graded P/F. Prereq: perm.

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1 Part6-b Pg. 1 of 6 Business Jeffrey Bailey, Chair, Dept. of Management, Marketing and Operations (225A J. A. Albertson Bldg ; phone 208/ ; jbailey@uidaho.edu). Mario Reyes, Chair, Dept. of Economics, Finance and Information Systems (301F J. A. Albertson Bldg ; phone 208/ ; mreyes@uidaho.edu). Note: No course (CBE or outside the college) that is required in a CBE student's curriculum may be taken by CBE undergraduates on a P/F basis, with the exception of courses that are taught only on a P/F basis. Only upper-division CBE courses used as free electives may be taken by CBE undergraduates on a P/F basis. Prerequisite: Enrollment in 300- and 400-level business courses is restricted to students who have completed at least 58 credits. In addition, CBE students must have earned at least a 2.35 GPA in the CBE predictor courses. Students who have not completed the prerequisites to a course for which they are otherwise eligible may register for the course with the instructor's approval. Bus 100 The Business Profession (1 cr). Open only to freshmen and sophomores (less than 58 credits). Introduction to the environment in which the business operates and how the roles and responsibility of the business professional vary depending on the functional specialty and the level within the organization; career opportunities in business will be discussed to help students develop a strong sense of future academic and professional direction. Graded P/F. May involve field trips. Bus 101 Introduction to Business Enterprises (3 cr). May be used as core credit in J-3-d. May not be taken for credit after Bus 311 or 342. General overview of business enterprise, including key concepts and issues in production, human resources, management, marketing, information systems, finance, and accounting, as well as economic environment and ethical/social responsibilities. May involve evening exams. Bus 200 (s) Seminar (cr arr). Bus 204 (s) Special Topics (cr arr). Prereq: perm. Bus 250 Introductory Systems Development (3 cr). Introduction to event-driven and object-oriented systems development in a graphical user interface environment; significant hands-on demonstrations and uses of a variety of integrated application development tools. Prereq: 30 cr. Bus 260 Student Investment Fund Management (1 cr, max arr). Open only to freshman and sophomore students participating in the A.D. and J.E. Davis Student Investment Program. "Hands on" experience in investment management; students manage a funded portfolio in terms of establishing objectives, security selection, asset allocation, and portfolio performance. Graded P/F. Prereq: perm. Bus 261 Real Estate (3 cr). Listing, selling, leasing, financing, and brokerage; fundamentals of valuation and listing property management. This course has been certified by the Idaho Real Estate Commission. Bus C262 Real Estate Finance (3 cr). Analysis of sources and methods used in the financing of real estate property construction, development, and purchase. This course has been certified by the Idaho Real Estate Commission. Recommended Preparation: Bus 261 or a course in essentials of real estate. Bus C263 Real Estate Law (3 cr). Study of Idaho real estate law. This course has been certified by the Idaho Real Estate Commission. Recommended Preparation: Bus 261 or a course in essentials of real estate; BLaw 265. Bus 298 (s) Internship (1-3 cr, max 6). Open only to majors in the Dept of Business. Graded P/F. Prereq: perm. Bus 299 (s) Directed Study (cr arr). Prereq: perm. Bus 301 Financial Management (3 cr). Policies and practices involved in acquisition, control, and allocation of financial resources in business organizations. May involve evening exams. Prereq: Acct , or Acct 205, and Stat 251 or 271, and Econ 202 or 272. Bus 302 Intermediate Financial Management (3 cr). Advanced course in managerial finance that addresses more complex issues such as risk in capital budgeting, working capital management, mergers, business failure and reorganization, and lease financing. May involve evening exams. Prereq: Bus 301; or Acct 310, Bus and Econ 340; and prereq or coreq: Bus Bus 311 Introduction to Management (3 cr). May be used as core credit in J-3-d. Organization, planning, leadership, and control; evolution of philosophies of management, decision making, motivation, human relations, and communication; organizational behavior and theory; history and present management practices, showing interrelationships between the needs and expectations of the individual, the organization, and society. May involve evening exams.

2 Part6-b Pg. 2 of 6 Bus 321 Marketing (3 cr). May be used as core credit in J-3-d. Marketing institutions and relationships with economic, political, legal, and social environment; principles, functions, concepts, and issues of marketing within a firm and the relationship of marketing to other business disciplines. May involve evening exams. Bus 324 Buyer Behavior (3 cr). Behavioral science theories, concepts, and methods applied to the understanding and prediction of consumer behavior; emphasis on structuring marketing policy to fulfill consumer requirements. May involve evening exams. Prereq: Bus 321; OR prereq or coreq: Bus 343. Bus 332 Quantitative Methods in Business (3 cr). Survey of management science techniques including constrained optimization and simulation; probability review, forecasting tech including time series analysis and decision theory. May involve evening exams. Prereq: Stat 251 or 271, Math 160 or 170. Bus 340 Team Building and Group Dynamics (2 cr). May be used as core credit in J-3-d. Open only to undergraduate CBE majors. Issues in the formation, development, and management of work groups and teams; problems and characteristics common to group situations and strategies for improving team productivity; specific topics include increasing self-awareness, clarifying and managing team-member roles, understanding intercultural communication, capitalizing on the potential of diverse work groups, problem-solving and decision-making, project planning, and identifying the role of leadership in teams. May involve evening exams. Prereq: upper-division standing in CBE; BLaw 265; Math 160 or 170. Coreq: Bus 341, Bus 342, Acct 310, and Econ 340. Bus 341 Business Systems (4 cr). May be used as core credit in J-3-d. Open only to undergraduate CBE majors. Introduction to business as a general system; consideration of external environmental issues using an economy-industry-company framework of analysis and its extension to global scanning; discussion of socio-political forces, domestic and foreign financial markets, the role of technology in organizations; discussion of valuation models and legal issues facing organizations; examination of organizational subsystems including those responsible for generating revenues, producing the product or service, and providing support; a comprehensive integrative case is used to illustrate these ideas. May involve evening exams. Coreq: Bus 340 and 342. Bus 342 Product and Process Planning (3 cr). May be used as core credit in J-3-d. Open only to undergraduate CBE majors. An overview of the marketing, engineering, financial, and production decisions involved in developing new products and determining the product mix; examination of the theory, tools, and approaches that can be used to assist managers in making effective new product and process decisions; specific topics include consumer behavior, marketing research, optimization techniques, capital budgeting, and product and process design using Total Quality Management; a comprehensive integrative case is used to illustrate these ideas. May involve evening exams. Coreq: Bus 340 and 341. Bus 343 Planning and Decision Making in Organizations (2 cr). May be used as core credit in J-3-d. Open only to undergraduate CBE majors. An overview of the managerial planning process with a focus on business decision making through the collection and analysis of data; decision-making models and approaches, sources of information, value of information, pro-forma financial analysis, and forecasting; a comprehensive integrative case is used to illustrate these ideas. May involve evening exams. Prereq: Acct 310, Bus and Econ 340. Prereq or coreq: Engl 207, Engl 208, Engl 209, Engl 313 or Engl 317. Coreq: Bus 344, Bus 345 and Acct 311 Bus 344 Managing the Firm's Resources (3 cr). May be used as core credit in J-3-d. Open only to undergraduate CBE majors. An overview of the decisions necessary for the effective management of the firm's financial, human, and information resources; topics include: management of the firm's financial structure, dividend policy, and working capital; attracting, maintaining, and developing the work force; systems planning, requirements analysis, and data design; a comprehensive integrative case is used to illustrate these ideas. May involve evening exams. Prereq: Acct 310, Bus and Econ 340. Prereq or coreq: Engl 207, Engl 208, Engl 209, Engl 313 or Engl 317. Coreq: Acct 311, Bus 343 and 345. Bus 345 Business Operating Decisions (3 cr). May be used as core credit in J-3-d. Open only to undergraduate CBE majors. An overview of the business operating decisions associated with creating demand for the firm's products and services as well as producing the system outputs; a systems approach is used to illustrate how the various business functions and support staff interact in executing these decisions; examination of the use of information technology to facilitate integration; a comprehensive integrative case is used to illustrate these ideas. May involve evening exams. Prereq: Acct 310, Bus and Econ 340. Prereq or coreq: Engl 207, Engl 208, Engl 209, Engl 313 or Engl 317. Coreq: Acct 311, Bus 343 and Bus 344. Bus 350 Management Information Systems (3 cr). Data processing applications for business; intro to information systems; data base concepts; analysis, design, and implementation of computer-based information systems and consideration of associated problems. May involve evening exams. Bus 351 Introduction to Electronic Commerce (3 cr). Introduction to the economic, technology and management of e- commerce. Discussion of economic basis for e-commerce, business models, information technology, and management of technology related to the operation of an e-commerce business. May involve evening exams. Prereq: Acct 202 or 205. Bus 352 Modern Information Technology (3 cr). Introduction to IT hardware and software including computers, storage devices, telecommunications equipment, and system software. May involve evening exams. Prereq: Bus 250. Bus 355 Systems Analysis and Design (3 cr). Introduction to analysis and design of modern information systems. May involve evening exams. Prereq: Bus , Acct 310, and Econ 340. Coreq: Bus and Acct 311. Bus 362 Real Property Appraisal (3 cr). Theories and principles in estimating value of natural resources and any attached improvements. This course has been certified by the Idaho Real Estate Commission. Prereq: Bus 261, Econ 202 or perm.

3 Part6-b Pg. 3 of 6 Bus 364 Insurance (3 cr). Major branches of insurance; principles and practices. Bus 370 Introduction to Operations Management (3 cr). Introduction to operations management, including overviews of product and process design, forecasting, inventory management, total quality management, project management, master scheduling, material and capacity requirements planning, theory of constraints, production activity control, and lean manufacturing. May involve evening exams. Prereq: Stat 251 or 271 or 301. Bus 378 Project Management (3 cr). Planning, organizing, staffing, controlling, and directing an organization's resources for special projects; topics include matrix organizations, cross functional teamwork, budgeting, work breakdown structures, critical path method (CPM), program evaluation and review techniques (PERT), capacity planning, and project control. May involve evening exams. Bus 398 (s) Internship (1-3 cr, max 6). Open only to majors in the Dept of Business. Graded P/F. Prereq: perm. Bus 400 (s) Seminar (cr arr). Prereq: perm. Bus 404 (s) Special Topics (cr arr). Prereq: perm. Bus 407 Financial Institutions (3 cr). Management and regulation of commercial and nonmonetary financial institutions including savings and loan institutions. May involve evening exams. Prereq: Bus 301 or ; and Acct 310, Acct 311, Econ 340 and Econ 343. Bus 408 Security Analysis (3 cr). Emphasis on theory and practice of security analysis and other techniques of financial analyses; may involve management of actual portfolios. Prereq: Acct 310, Acct 311, Bus 302, Bus and Econ 340. Bus 409 Problems in Financial Management (3 cr). Analysis of selected topics in financial management; asset allocation; capital budgeting and valuation; synthesis of financial management skills through case analysis; written and oral reports and computer simulations. May involve evening exams. Prereq: Acct 310, Acct 311, Bus 302, Bus and Econ 340. Bus 412 Human Resource Management (3 cr). Human resource/personnel management functions including recruitment, training, compensation, performance appraisal, health and safety, labor relations, and legal issues. Prereq: BLaw 265 and Bus 311; OR prereq or coreq: Bus 343. Bus 413 Leadership and Organizational Behavior (3 cr). Micro oriented treatment of areas including communication, motivation, group process, conflict, leadership style. Prereq: AgEc 278 or Bus 311; or prereq or coreq: Bus Bus 414 Entrepreneurship (3 cr). Process of providing solutions to identified consumer needs; characteristics of individuals who succeed; sources of venture ideas; evaluating and developing ideas; business plans; franchising. Bus 416 Staffing and Compensation (3 cr). Specialized human resource management topics including selection, placement, and career development of employees; development and administration of monetary-nonmonetary reward programs, job evaluation systems, and wage incentive plans. Prereq: Bus 412. Bus 418 Organization Design and Changes (3 cr). A study of design and change in effective organizations, including: organization processes, and learning organizations. Prereq: Bus 311; OR prereq or coreq: Bus 343. Bus 420 Promotional Strategy (3 cr). Marketing management point of view; objectives, methods, strategies, budgets, and measures of effectiveness; campaign management including advertising, public relations, sales promotion, reseller support, personal selling. May involve evening exams. Prereq: Bus 321; OR prereq or coreq: Bus 343. Bus 421 Marketing Research and Analysis (3 cr). Applied research focusing on marketing information needs for managerial decision making; includes research design, data collection methods, statistical analysis, and use of marketing information systems to forecast market and sales potential, measure effectiveness of promotions, and analyze new products and distribution of goods and services. May involve evening exams. Prereq: Stat 251 or 271, and Bus 321; OR prereq or coreq: Bus 343. Bus 422 Personal Selling and Sales Force Management (3 cr). Personal Selling including prospecting, approaching customers, consultative sales presentations, closing techniques, and servicing the sale. Sales Management including recruiting, selecting, training, compensating, motivating, supervising, and directing selling efforts. May involve evening exams. Prereq: Bus 321; OR prereq or coreq: Bus 343. Bus 423 Internet Marketing (3 cr). Explores how the internet is transforming the marketing mix activities in customer interactions through value-based web models. Topics include web-based business models for major industries, web technologies for personalization and customization, web communication strategies, inter distribution channels, auction pricing strategies, customer relationship management, and computer security and privacy issues. May require evening exams. Prereq: Bus 321; OR prereq or coreq: Bus 343. Bus 424 Pricing Strategy and Tactics (3 cr). Formulation of pricing strategies and tactics for new and existing products and services; survey of pricing dynamics; competitor response to pricing strategies at the firm and product level; assessment of buyer price sensitivity. Prereq: Bus 321 or 345, and Econ 202 or 272.

4 Part6-b Pg. 4 of 6 Bus 425 Retail Distribution Management (3 cr). Analysis of retail operations including location, market selection, capital and physical requirements, store layout, merchandise management, customer relations, channel structure, and channel member relations. May involve evening exams. Prereq: Bus 321; OR prereq or coreq: Bus 343. Bus 426 Marketing Channels Management (3 cr). Analysis of planning, organization, and control issues related to distribution of goods and services; topics include retail and wholesale institutions, channel member behavior patterns, and vertical marketing systems. Prereq: Bus 321 or Bus Bus ID427 Services Marketing (3 cr). WSU Mktg 327. Survey of concepts addressing distinctive marketing problems and opportunities in service industries, as well as current issues and trends in the service sector; includes discussion of strategies for marketing services, emphasizing the distinctive challenges and approaches that make the marketing of services different from marketing manufactured goods. May involve evening exams. Prereq: Bus 321; OR prereq or coreq: Bus 343. Bus 428 Marketing Management (3 cr). Discussion of major marketing management functions, including market and environmental analysis, as well as marketing planning, strategy, implementation, and control concepts; special emphasis on application of such concepts by developing a marketing plan that identifies market opportunities and proposes relevant marketing programs for a given case study. May involve evening exams. Prereq: Bus 324, 421, and one Tier 1 marketing elective. Bus 439 Systems and Simulation (3 cr). Distribution theory, random numbers, modeling concepts and simulation of queuing and inventory systems. Students must have access to a laptop computer for use in class. May involve evening exams. Prereq: Acct 310, Acct 311 and Econ 340; and Bus or Bus 370. Bus 441 Labor Relations (3 cr). Evolution, structure, and procedures of contemporary labor-management relations; unionization, other concerted activity and employment at will. Prereq: Bus 311 or Bus 452 Business Telecommunications Management (3 cr). Survey of telecommunications management issues in a business environment; topics include local and wide area networks, telephony, public networks, and application of telecommunications technology in strategic business management. Prereq: Acct 311, Bus and Bus 352. Bus 453 Database Design (3 cr). Introduction to modern database management systems and their use in solving business problems. May involve evening exams. Prereq: Acct 311, Bus 250, Bus and Bus 355. Bus 454 (s) Current Issues in Information Systems (3 cr, max arr). Discussion of major topics of current importance in information systems. Prereq: Acct 311, Bus and perm. Bus 455 IS Project (3 cr). Development of information systems and management of IS projects. May involve evening exams. Prereq: Acct 311, Bus , Bus 352, Bus 355 and Bus 453. Bus 456 Quality Management (3 cr). Same as Stat 456. Principles of total quality management, with emphasis on problem solving techniques to continually improve processes; customer-driven quality, management and employee participation, statistical process control, product/process design, and process capability. May include evening exams. May involve field trips. Prereq: Stat 251 or 271 or 301. Bus 460 Advanced Student Investment Fund Management (1 cr, max arr). Open only to students participating in the A.D. and J.E. Davis Student Investment Program. "Hands on" experience in investment management; students manage a funded portfolio in terms of establishing objectives, security selection, asset allocation, and portfolio performance. Graded P/F. Prereq: perm. Bus 461 Retirement Planning and Employee Benefits (3 cr). Study and analysis of the retirement planning process; topics include pensions, employee benefit plans and the regulatory and legislative environment for the retirement field, and the ethics of professional financial planners as it relates to retirement planning. The course is geared towards students who plan to pursue a career in the financial services industry. May involve evening exams. Prereq: Acct 310, Acct 311, Bus and Econ 340; or graduate standing in the College of Business and Economics. (Fall only) Bus 462 Principles of Financial Planning (3 cr). Study and analysis of the financial planning process including the assessment of investor risk profiles, construction of comprehensive personal financial statements and financial plans, ethics and responsibilities of professional financial planners, and regulation of the financial planning industry. The course is geared towards students who plan to pursue a career in the financial services industry. May involve evening exams. Prereq: Acct 310, Acct 311, Bus and Econ 340; or graduate standing in the College of Business and Economics. (Spring only) Bus 463 Portfolio Management (3 cr). (Bus 405). Application of security selection, portfolio theory and construction; financial futures; risk and return in investments; may involve management of actual portfolios. Prereq: Acct 310, Acct 311, Bus and Econ 340. Bus 470 Supply Chain Management (3 cr). In-depth study and analysis of the supply chain management integrated approach to business with emphasis on the transportation, purchasing, packaging, inventory management, and international logistics functions, as well as issues in negotiation and relationship management. May involve evening exams. Prereq: Acct 310, Acct 311 and Econ 340; and Bus 370 or Bus

5 Part6-b Pg. 5 of 6 Bus 472 Operations Planning and Scheduling (3 cr). In-depth study of planning and scheduling techniques with emphasis on material requirements planning. May involve evening exams and field trips. Prereq: Bus 370 or Bus 481 International Finance (3 cr). May be used as core credit in J-3-d. Study of financial problems facing business engaged in international activities; foreign exchange risk management, international diversification, multinational capital budgeting, country risk analysis, financing foreign investments, international financial markets. Prereq: Acct 310, Acct 311, Bus 302, Bus and Econ 340; or Bus 301 and Econ 446. Bus 482 International Marketing (3 cr). May be used as core credit in J-3-d. Foreign market operations; economic, cultural, and political aspects of international markets and how they interact with the marketing mix. Prereq: Bus 321; OR prereq or coreq: Bus 343. Bus 490 Strategic Management (3 cr). May be used as core credit in J-3-d. Capstone, integrative course; formulation and implementation of competitive strategies; both written and oral reports and case analysis. May involve evening exams. Prereq: Engl 207, Engl 208, Engl 209, Engl 313 or Engl 317; and Bus 301, Bus 311, Bus 321, or Bus ; and Acct 310, Acct 311 and Econ 340; and Sr standing. Bus 499 (s) Directed Study (cr arr). Prereq: perm. Bus 502 (s) Directed Study (cr arr). Prereq: perm. Bus 504 (s) Special Topics (cr arr). Prereq: perm. Bus 505 (s) Workshop (cr arr). Prereq: perm. Bus 530 Managing Technical Teams (3 cr). The human side of managing teams of technical people; topics include organizational design, group process, team building, motivation, conflict management, leadership, empowerment, and performance appraisal. May involve evening exams. Bus 531 Managing the Design Process (3 cr). Principles of management as they relate to the design and development of new products and the improvement of existing products; focus on interrelationships between marketing, engineering, and manufacturing functions; topics include strategic implications of design, marketing strategy as it relates to product design, product life cycles, understanding customer needs, translating customer information into product specifications, use of quality management principles in design, time-to-market compression in product development, concurrent engineering, design for manufacturing, and implications of ISO 9000 on design. May involve evening exams and/or field trips. Prereq: undergraduate degree in engineering or perm. Bus 533 Strategies for Managing Complex Systems (3 cr). Introduction and application of general systems theory as a framework for understanding system life cycles, system management, and decision making in complex environments; topics include systems approach to problem solving, cost-benefit analysis, risk analysis, uncertainty due to conflict modeled using game theory, simulation, and linear programming. May involve evening exams. Prereq: Stat 251 or 271 or 301, Math 160 or 170. Bus 534 Management of Technology and Technological Change (3 cr). Introduction to advanced engineering, information, and manufacturing technologies; exploration of opportunities and challenges these technologies present the organization; topics include technology life cycles, the use of technology for competitive advantage, information systems, human-technology interactions, and managing changes; technologies considered include computer aided design/computer aided manufacturing, computer integrated manufacturing, group technology, flexible manufacturing systems, group decision support systems, and expert systems. May involve evening exams and/or field trips. Bus 599 (s) Non-thesis Master s Research (cr arr). Research not directly related to a thesis or dissertation. Prereq: perm. Business Law Marla Kraut, Chair, Dept. of Accounting (127 J. A. Albertson Bldg ; phone 208/ ; marlam@uidaho.edu). Note: No course (CBE or outside the college) that is required in a CBE student's curriculum may be taken by CBE undergraduates on a P/F basis, with the exception of courses that are taught only on a P/F basis. Only upper-division CBE courses used as free electives may be taken by CBE undergraduates on a P/F basis. Prerequisite: Enrollment in 400-level business law courses is restricted to students who have completed at least 58 credits. In addition, CBE students must have earned at least a 2.35 GPA in the CBE predictor courses. Students who have not completed the prerequisites to a course for which they are otherwise eligible may register for the course with the instructor's approval. BLaw 265 Legal Environment of Business (3 cr) May be used as core credit in J-3-d. Law and its relationship to society; legal framework of business enterprises; court organization and operation; private property and contracts as basic concepts in a free enterprise system. May involve evening exams.

6 Part6-b Pg. 6 of 6 BLaw 420 Commercial Law (3 cr). Uniform commercial code and law of agency, partnerships, and corporations. May include evening exams. Prereq: BLaw 265.