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Business Administration Course Descriptions
Explanation of Course Description Items
(for more business courses, see Business and Small Business Management)
BUA 101
Introduction to Business
3 credits
Offered every fall and spring semester
Organization, functions, activities, and roles of business in the American economic
system; orientation to business terminology, practices, problems, and career
opportunities. Primarily for freshmen majoring in some area of business.
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BUA 221
Principles of Macroeconomics
3 credits
GE category: Social Science
Offered every fall semester
Studies aggregates of the entire economy; concentrates on national income
analysis, business cycles, the money and banking system, the global economy, and
fiscal and monetary policy. Concurrent enrollment with BUA 223 not recommended.
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BUA 223
Principles of Microeconomics
3 credits
GE category: Social Science
Offered every spring semester
Study of forces affecting individual productive units; includes analysis
of price determinants through supply and demand, cost and equilibrium of firms
under perfect and imperfect competition, distribution of income, and selected
current problems. Concurrent enrollment with BUA 221 not recommended.
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BUA 230 
BUA 233 
Uses of Accounting Information I
4 credits
Offered every fall and spring semester
Introduction to the uses of financial information for internal and external
purposes. Emphasizes using accounting information to meet the needs of financial
decision makers, financial statement analysis, and understanding the business
cycle.
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BUA 240
BUA 243
Uses of Accounting Information II
3 credits
Offered every spring semester
Prerequisites: BUA 233
Introduction to the uses of financial information for internal and external
purposes. Emphasizes using accounting information to meet the needs of financial
decision makers, focusing on analysis for use by management.
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BUA 245
Legal Environment of Business
3 credits
Offered every spring semester
Introduces the sources and basic principles of the law as it relates to
business, including the U.S. legal system, the Constitution, sources of the
law, business ethics; and studies a variety of applications of the law in contracts,
torts, agency, and government regulation of business.
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BUA 250
BUA 297
Workshop
1 to 6 credits
Offered upon request
Activity/Personal Enrichment
Designed to meet a variety of needs for students in Business Administration.
BUA 298
Workshop
1 to 3 credits
Offered upon request
Activity/Personal Enrichment
Designed to meet a variety of needs for students in Business Administration.
BUA 299
Independent Study
1 to 3 credits
Offered upon request
Activity/Personal Enrichment
Design and execution of original projects under faculty supervision.
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