24 courses with the subject OBA, each shown exactly as we captured it from the college's catalog, with every element we hold. Where the wording looks broken, that is our reading of the catalog, not the college's text.
OBA 1050Foundations of Economics4
General Education: Societies and Structures course Offered: Periodically based on student need and the program’s rotation of courses This course introduces the fundamentals of both microeconomics and macroeconomics, including supply and demand, the theory of the firm, consumer behavior, macroeconomic equilibrium, unemployment and inflation. Students will also be introduced to economic methodology, including creating arguments, empirical verification and policy decision-making. Students are required to demonstrate proficiency in written communication. This course is offered online only and restricted to students in the B.B.A. organizational leadership major.
Offered: Periodically based on student need and the program’s rotation of courses This course is an introductory survey course designed to show the breadth of knowledge essential to pursuing a career in business.
Offered: Periodically based on student need and the program’s rotation of courses This course introduces the basic principles of accounting. The course will focus on the art of recording, classifying, and summarizing financial transactions needed to make business decisions. The construction of key financial statements such as the income statement, balance sheet, and cash flow statements are studied. Computerized accounting packages will be used as the vehicle of instruction.
Offered: Periodically based on student need and the program’s rotation of courses This course is the study of accounting functions for the benefit of managerial decision making. The preparation and use of job order and process costing systems, cost-volume profit relationships, budgeting, and production standards are studied.
General Education: Quantitative/Analytical course Offered: Periodically based on student need and the program’s rotation of courses This course is an interdisciplinary study of the interaction of humans with the environment. It will evaluate the ecological, political, social, ethical, and economic aspects of humans’ impact on the environment. Topics include resource management, population growth, waste management, pollution, conservation, and alternative energy sources. Cross-listed with BIO 3450.
Offered: Periodically based on student need and the program’s rotation of courses This course fosters an understanding of the management principles that must be used to effectively guide behavior in organizations. The course introduces the concepts of planning, directing, organizing and controlling, providing an overview of the field of practice and communication.
Offered: Periodically based on student need and the program’s rotation of courses This course offers an introduction to marketing principles and practices. Topics to be covered include consumer decision-making, segmentation and target marketing, products, promotions, and distribution.
General Education: Societies and Structures course Offered: Every spring semester This course offers a thorough understanding of how our economy functions. It examines how the economic system affects national income, unemployment rates, and inflation. Key topics include fiscal, monetary, and supply-side policies and the influence of international trade on economic relationships. By combining theoretical insights with practical examples, this course equips students with the skills to assess economic policies and their societal implications.
Offered: Periodically based on student need and the program’s rotation of courses This course provides extensive practice in business communication for professionals using computer technology to produce different types of correspondence, formal written reports and oral presentations supported by software such as Power Point.
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Offered: Periodically based on student need and the program’s rotation of courses This course offers an introduction into the conceptual and empirical aspects of managing human resources within and organization. Topics to be covered include: staffing, training and development, compensation, and an overview of employment law.
General Education: Societies and Structures course Offered: Periodically based on student need and the program’s rotation of courses This course applies the economic principles introduced in OBA 3145 and concepts within economic history to issues of public policy. The course explores current economic issues including: government expenditures and revenue collection, government budgeting, fiscal policy-making, and public sector debt. Students are required to demonstrate proficiency in written communication.
Offered: Periodically based on student need and the program’s rotation of courses This course will provide the student with a background in financial tools and basic financial analysis. Topics to be covered include analysis of financial statements, ratio analysis, time value of money, stock, and bond valuation, capital budgeting, project analysis and evaluation, and cost of capital determination.
OBA 3530Fine Arts-Music: Traditional and Contemporary Perspectives4
General Education: Artistic/Literary course Offered: Periodically based on student need and the program’s rotation of courses. This course covers special topics in music with an emphasis on developing the student’s knowledge of and appreciation for selected art forms.
OBA 3535Fine Arts-Theatre: Traditional and Contemporary Perspectives4
General Education: Artistic/Literary course Offered: Periodically based on student need and the program’s rotation of courses. This course covers special topics theatre with an emphasis on developing the student’s knowledge of and appreciation for selected art forms. Cross-listed with THE 3530.
Offered: Periodically based on student need and the program’s rotation of courses This course investigates the conduct of business practices and how these practices are determined by a philosophy of living. Models of excellence will be examined as well as ethical failures in the conduct of business. Issues of personal character and corporate integrity will be interwoven with argument analysis, business theory, and case study.
Offered: Periodically based on student need and the program’s rotation of courses This course offers students the opportunity to apply their practical experience in the field to theoretical knowledge gained throughout the business curriculum. If a student feels they have employment experience or volunteer work experience that is applicable to a specific requirement for their degree, they can request the opportunity to develop a portfolio for review by the Director of the B.B.A. in Organizational Leadership program. See the section of this Catalog titled Experiential Credit.
Offered: Periodically based on student need and the program’s rotation of courses d This course exposes students to international business from all aspects of business management. This course presents the international economic system, the foreign exchange market, forecasting exchange rates, elements of international trade theory, international management theory, aspects of international marketing practices, and management of international economic risk, transaction risk, and translation risk.
Offered: Periodically based on student need and the program’s rotation of courses This course presents special topics related to the B.B.A. in organizational leadership program. May be repeated for a total of twelve credit hours under different topics.
Subject
OBA
Credits (min)
4
Credits (max)
4
Type
course
Repeatable
May be repeated for a total of twelve credit hours under different topics.
Organizational leadership major and permission of the instructor
OBA 4900Strategic Decisions and Market Outcomes4
Offered: Periodically based on student need and the program’s rotation of courses This capstone course helps the student develop sound judgment based on the ability to integrate current knowledge and to understand the environment, external circumstances, internal strengths and weaknesses, and self. Many of the functional tools of business will be integrated in this course where there will be significant emphasis on case study.
