Course Opportunities in College of Business

Many of you are trying to pursue HPT Certificate that requires courses outside of our program. Several others have expressed interest to take business courses to better prepare you for careers in a corporate setting. We have recently reached an agreement with the Associate Dean of College of Business that our students would be able to take select business courses. These are hard core business courses so I would not take them just because I need an elective. Yet, if you are seriously considering career in the corporate sector and/or are working toward an HPT certificate, it may be only appropriate for you to take a course or two.

Here is a list of courses that have been suggested as appropriate for non-business majors. I have also listed times when these courses will be offered this fall.

IMPORTANT: Spaces in these courses are limited so we will keep a waiting list on a first come first serve basis. In addition, the College of Business has indicated that they are more likely to have space in (1) face-to-face evening classes geared toward their part-time students, (2) online classes, and only then in their (3) day classes. So I would strongly encourage you to target evening classes as much as possible.

Courses

MAN 5245 Organizational Behavior
A dynamic examination of managerial concepts of human behavior in work organizations.

MAR 5816 Marketing Strategy
Strategy applied to planning, analysis and control; emphasis on individual situation analysis involving consumer needs, market position, competition and public policy environment.

ISM 5021 Information and Technology Management
Through readings, cases, and projects, students will confront issues associated with technology strategy (what to pursue and how to pursue it) and implementation (how to make it happen). The underlying theme of this course is that effective information and technology management requires an understanding of the technology involved, the organizational and commercial environment in which it will be used, and the encompassing society's overall technology flow processes.

MAN 5716 Business Conditions Analysis
Problems of managing the firm in relation to the changing economic environment; analysis of major business fluctuations and development of forecasting techniques.

BUL 5810 The Legal Environment of Business
An introduction to the legal, political and social institutions which affect business activity, with an emphasis on public law and governmental regulation. Landmark legislation and judicial decisions will be examined.

Course Schedule

The following is a schedule with typical times when the courses are offered each semester provided by the College of Business. Check the official course schedule to confirm.

Course	On-Campus term	Online Term
BUL 5810	Summer (night) Fall (day)	Fall
ISM 5021	Summer (night) Fall (day)	Spring (beginning 2007)
MAN 5245	Spring (night) Summer (day)	Summer
MAN 5716	Fall (night) Summer (day)	Spring (w/MBA) Summer (w/RMI)
MAR 5816	Fall (night) Summer (day)	Spring

Enrollment Procedure

If you want to enroll in any of these courses and are really serious about it, e-mail Mary Kate indicating your:

name
social security number
the course prefix
semester
time when it will be offered

She will pass that information on to the College of Business representatives, and they will manually register you for the course if space is available. Unfortunately, we cannot guarantee that you will get into the course and will likely not be able to confirm that you have been registered prior to the end of the Drop/Add week for the semester that you’d like to take the course.

Questions or Feedback?

If you find other courses that are of interest to you but that are not listed here, please email Zane Olina. We will discuss these with the College of Business representatives in the future. If you do take a course, please send your reactions and feedback about the course at the end of your semester, so that we can be in a better position to advise students in the future.