An overview of the functions of a for-profit business concern. Students are exposed to the basic concepts of business such as accounting, economics, finance and budgeting, marketing and promotion, operations and the management of human resources. Students manage a simulated business concern and make decisions on issues such as pricing, employment, operations, promotions and ethical situations. Exploration of self-awareness, character development and leadership and how those elements factor into personal development as well as the performance of the business operation. Students also learn Excel fundamentals and are expected to use those skills in the completion of course assignments.

Introduction to using spreadsheets for data analysis. Importing and preparing data for analysis, organizing, sorting, filtering, presenting and sharing data. Applying formulas and built-in functions and generating statistical analyses to help define and solve business problems. NOTE: Course should be taken during the first two semesters in the College of Business Administration.

Introduces fundamental probability and statistical concepts for application in business contexts. Students learn to analyze data, build basic probabilistic models, and make data-driven decisions. Topics to be covered include 1) Exploratory data analysis through visualization and descriptive statistics, 2) Basic probability and common distributions as building blocks for probabilistic models, 3) Estimation of, and prediction with, linear and logistic regression and 4) Classification, A/B testing, model selection and decision making under uncertainty.

Various topics to be announced in the Schedule of Classes.

S/U grade assessment; course does not fulfill requirements of any major in the College of Business Administration.

S/U grade assessment; course does not fulfill requirements of any major in the College of Business Administration.

Introduces students to technologies and skills applicable at a fundamental level to any career in business. By the end of the course, students are expected to be able to develop and use critical technologies at an introductory level to be empowered to contribute to solutions for industry-related problems. Throughout the course, students will describe and explain the significant technologies driving innovation in business and how to use them responsibly, learn how to utilize key programming languages and software to enable the student to meaningfully contribute to advancing a company’s technological capabilities, use critical thinking skills applied to technologies to solve and debug problems, and communicate and present using correct business terminology efficiently and understandably.

Fundamentals of accounting and finance for non-business students including how financial decisions affect the outcome of the business. Students become familiar with business terms and procedures including what constitutes revenues, expenses, assets, liabilities and owner's equity. Students also learn the basics of financial statement analysis, cost structures including fixed, variable, breakeven analysis and overhead.

Introduction to the framework and tools for managing personal finance in college as well as post-graduation through retirement. Topics include financial values, budgeting, career choice and income, risk management and insurance, credit usage and major asset purchases. Includes discussions on investment portfolios, taxes, retirement plans and estate planning as well as ethical standards in financial decision-making. Emphasis is placed on the framework and methods to make personal financial decisions.

S/U grade assessment. Does not fulfill requirements of any major in the College of Business Administration.

S/U grade assessment. Does not fulfill requirements of any major in the College of Business Administration.

S/U grade assessment. Does not fulfill requirements of any major in the College of Business Administration.

This course involves business service to a community non-profit organization and benefits the student by supplying direct sustained involvement with non-profit and social service organizations. Students will be expected to apply their business education, especially in their majors, to community and social issues. S/U grade assessment.

Students apply written and oral communication skills in discipline-based competitions. Preparation includes analysis of the domestic and global financial markets. Presentation requires real-time application of critical thinking and problem solving skills.

S/U grade assessment.

For students completing a full-time internship during the fall or spring term. Allows students to remain in full-time status for deferment purposes, while completing the internship; however, there is no financial aid provided for this class. S/U grade assessment.

For students completing a full-time internship during the spring or fall terms, who enroll in no other courses that term and who enroll in courses in the subsequent term, excluding summer. Allows students to maintain full-time student status for loan deferment and to qualify for full-time financial aid while completing the internship. Students completing a full-time Accounting internship should enroll in ACCO 3988. S/U grade assessment.

Consistent with a Jesuit education’s focus on discernment and ethics, notable and impactful films (documentary and drama) centrally focused on business will stimulate the student’s thinking around broad societal issues as well as personal questions of choices and values. Films will be selected from the 1980’s through the present, allowing students to develop a historical context for understanding business themes and ethical considerations. This is an interdisciplinary course with films connecting with various aspects of business including finance, HR, marketing, leadership, selling, economics, and public policy. Weekly reflection papers will encourage students to deeply engage with key themes from the films and relate these themes to their future professional and personal life.

Topics vary.

S/U grade assessment.

S/U grade assessment.

For students who completed a full-time internship in the previous semester, excluding summer, and received full-time financial aid for the internship. The grading period is not financial aid eligible, but does count toward the full-time status for tuition and loan deferment purposes. S/U grade assessment.

S/U grade assessment.

Available to Curricular Practical Training eligible international students enrolled with a major in the College of Business Administration, who have completed available 3986/4986/4898 enrollment options and who have continued business-related off-campus internship opportunities. Counts towards the major.

Available to Curricular Practical Training eligible international students enrolled with a major in the College of Business Administration, who have completed available 3986/4986/4898 enrollment options and who have continued business-related off-campus internship opportunities. Counts towards the major. BUAD 4991 is a 0-credit course offered within the summer term. Credit is earned through enrollment in BUAD 4992 the following term. Students utilizing Curricular Practical Training through BUAD 4991 must enroll in BUAD 4992 the following term. S/U grade assessment.

Available to Curricular Practical Training eligible international students who have completed BUAD 4991.

Faculty-supervised, independent study/research of a specific area or topic in Business Administration.

Topics vary.

Covers the understanding, analyzing, and use of relevant financial information for management decision making. Specific topics include: understanding of financial concepts, statements and information, cost drivers, pricing, profitability, creating value, time value of money, capital budgeting, developing awareness of ethical issues in accounting and financial reporting, evaluating relevant financial information optimizing decision making and effectively communicate financial information and decisions.

Designed for non-MBA students to explore the micro and macroeconomic theories and models that give managers insights and tools to make better marketing decisions. Addresses the cross section of the rational, efficient, upward and downward sloping world of economics and the gritty and often less-than-rational marketing reality of markets and consumers. Provides firm grounding in basic marketing concepts and practices and a quantitative economic framework from which to better understand them. Examines how market imperfections can lead to unethical and long-term, non-profit maximizing marketing decisions.

Provides a foundation for the use of the statistical software package, SAS, to be used for data analysis, data manipulation, modeling and other advanced statistical techniques. Teaches these techniques through a combination of group instruction, practice using examples and individual instruction.

Familiarizes students with the features of SPSS statistical package and how to use SPSS in data analysis. However, it is not intended to teach the various statistical techniques. There is a basic level discussion of topics such as an overview of SPSS, creating SPSS datasets, modifying data values (recode, compute, sort, split data files, concatenate data files, create multiple response sets), statistical procedures, creating and modifying legacy charts as well as interactive charts, reading non-SPSS data files and converting them into SPSS data files. A number of data analysis assignments/ problems are given which require application of SPSS.

Students work on several data visualization applications involving reading and combining data from different sources, creating filters and hierarchies, working with visual graphics (e.g., bar charts, line charts, sparklines, box plots, heat maps, tree maps, scatterplot matrices, geographical maps, waterfall charts, bubble plots with animation, dashboards), and text visualization tools (word clouds, concept link diagrams).

Topics vary.

In conjunction with the exchange program established between Marquette University and the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, students may enroll in a pre-approved graduate level course at the school while enrolled in a master's program in the Graduate School of Management. The visiting school's course title and credits are identified by this exchange course. A maximum of two of these exchange courses for a maximum of 6 credits may be included in the required minimum course work for the student's program of study at Marquette University. This course extends beyond the Marquette term; students receive an IC grade initially. The IC will be changed to an A-F grade at the end if the course.

Directed work in business under the supervision of a working professional in a business environment. Requires faculty supervisor. A maximum of 3 credits of internship apply toward degree requirements.

Full-time directed work in accounting under the supervision of a working professional in the area of accounting. Requires faculty supervisor. Must have approved academic component and approved total work hours. Maximum of 3 credits of internship may apply toward degree requirements. (Full-time equivalency for financial aid, zero credits for academics/tuition.) SNC/UNC grade assessment.

Grading for preceding internship work assignments is accomplished by review of Employer Evaluation Forms, Work Exit Reports and other materials as required during each term in school following a work period. (3 credits for academics/tuition; not financial aid eligible.)

Faculty-supervised, independent study/research of a specific area or topic in Business Administration.

Fee. S/U grade assessment. Designated as less than half-time status only, cannot be used in conjunction with other courses, and does not qualify students for financial aid or loan deferment.

Fee. S/U grade assessment. Designated as full-time status. If a student is already registered in other courses full time, this continuation course is not needed.