58 courses with the subject BUS, 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.
In today’s evolving business landscape, projecting a professional image is a necessity. This comprehensive course equips students with the knowledge, tools and mindset to navigate the interpersonal complexities of the corporate world with confidence and finesse. These skills pave the way toward achieving both personal and career ambitions.
This course introduces the theory and practice of business and fosters analytical thinking. Students build a foundation for learning by gaining an understanding of business organizations, their structure and functions, the increasingly dynamic and complex global setting in which they compete, and the fundamentals of sustainable business practices.
This course introduces analytical tools that are essential for deriving actionable data-driven solutions to real world business problems. Modules address descriptive statistics, inferential analysis, hypotheses testing, results interpretation, and presentation of key findings. Students utilize diverse sources of data from business cases, research studies, open access datasets, and secondary reports.
This course combines classroom instruction with real-world application. Students are familiarized with the latest science concerning environmental degradation, sources of adverse environmental impact and opportunities for making improvements. We will review current theory and practical methods for increasing targeted pro- environmental behaviors (PEB) given the scope of individual, organization, and community-level conditions that may be present.
This course will provide an overview of labor and employment relations, including the US labor market and labor policy, perspective of working people, worker rights, CHATHAM UNIVERSITY CATALOG: 2026-2027 242
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This course covers concepts and techniques of Project Management (PM), given the triple constraint of limited cost, time, and project scope. Students acquire knowledge of generally accepted tools and become familiar with techniques for achieving project success. The coursework prepares the student for the Certified Associated Project Manager (CAPM) examination.
This comprehensive Excel course covers essential functions, data analysis, and visualization techniques to enhance productivity. Students learn to create spreadsheets, utilize formulas, and generate reports. The course concludes with a brief introduction to QuickBooks, equipping learners with foundational skills for effective financial management with Excel integration.
Organizational behavior is a field of study that seeks to understand, explain, and improve human behavior in organizations. Most organizations focus their efforts on improving job performance and organizational commitment. The purpose of this course is to provide a theoretical foundation and realistic understanding of how human behavior influences the effectiveness of the modern corporation.
This course provides the background on the relationships among multinational corporations, international financial markets, and government agencies. Multinational corporations’ strategic formulations of product policy research and development, production, and supply systems, as well as financing of international operations, are examined. This course fulfills a global general education mission requirement.
This course introduces students to the basic concepts of marketing strategy and management. Basic marketing concepts such as strategic segmentation, targeting, positioning, product design, pricing, promotions and distribution are covered. Environmental sustainability is analyzed from the consumer perspective.
The course reviews and evaluates the major theories of consumer behavior from the economics, behavioral sciences, and marketing literatures. The use of consumer research data for marketing decisions is emphasized. Topics include market segmentation, theories of brand choice, family decision making, life cycle theories, and the diffusion of innovations.
This course introduces students to the introductory concepts of business law including employment law, social and environmental responsibility of corporations, CHATHAM UNIVERSITY CATALOG: 2026-2027 243
This course enables students to apply fundamental ideas of financial economics to problems in corporate finance. Participants will gain an overview of valuation principles, learn basic principles of corporate finance from the perspective of a financial manager, and through case studies, analyze important financial decisions made within firms.
This course introduces students to concepts, tools, and skills essential for problem solving, decision making, and change management using continuous improvement methodologies. Continuous improvement methodologies covered in the course include introductions to Lean, Six Sigma, the Toyota Production System, and Agile. The course will include a class project.
This course builds upon the student’s foundational knowledge of business research and analytics. Students practice a disciplined approach to assessing real-world business problems and applying descriptive, predictive, and prescriptive techniques to solve them. Course activities include discussion forums, case studies, experiential projects, and constructive assessment.
Business leaders at all levels need to be intelligent designers and consumers of marketing research. The essential aspects of qualitative and quantitative marketing research design and execution are addressed with assigned readings, class discussions, homework problems, in-class exercises, cases, and a team led custom research study.
This course introduces information systems analysis and design for contemporary organizations, with a focus on developing critical skills in communicating with people as users, analyzing processes, translating needs into information systems requirements, and testing of prototype ideas. Topics also include functional, structural, and behavioral modeling, and Unified Modeling Language (UML).
This course introduces students to professional selling best practices. The curriculum addresses strategic planning techniques such as sales performance analytics, customer lifetime value, and social media networking. Tactical execution includes prospecting, lead generation, sales presentation development, and closing a sale. Role playing and sales strategy creation reinforces concepts with practice. CHATHAM UNIVERSITY CATALOG: 2026-2027 244
This course offers a detailed study of advertising and promotion, including public relations and support media. An integrated marketing communications perspective is emphasized. Advertising and promotion are examined utilizing a range of media outlets, including the internet, television, consumer magazines and professional journals.
This course illustrates the strategic management framework by taking students through the entrepreneurial process from start-up growth while exploring the personal and professional challenges. The student examines key issues in opportunity recognition, financing models, strategic choices, and sources of competitive advantage at different stages of the firm’s development.
This course uses readings and case studies to assess and evaluate alternative approaches in staffing, training and development, organization development, performance appraisal, compensation, benefits, labor relations, and collective bargaining. The emphasis of the course is to help students understand these elements of human resources management within an integrated systems approach.
This course builds students’ ability to identify challenges facing managers in 21st century organizations. The course covers theories and applications of leadership in the changing environment of today’s world. Students learn organizational skills, presentation skills, and critical thinking skills. Writing skills are emphasized.
This course introduces students to technical tools and skills essential for problem solving and decision making in operations management. Topics include manufacturing and service operations, inventory optimization, network planning, demand forecasting, transportation planning, product planning, Lean and Six Sigma. Mastery of quantitative methods using spreadsheet modeling is required.
This course introduces fundamental issues in information and cybersecurity, with an emphasis on vulnerabilities available to cyber attackers. Students develop conceptual tools for identifying vulnerabilities, assessing threats, analyzing risk, and selecting controls to mitigate risk, and practical skills in implementing security, responding to incidents, and designing systems that prevent cyberattacks.
This course examines the concepts and processes for gaining competitive advantage in the marketplace. It is designed around a marketing planning approach with an emphasis on strategic analysis and planning. The course takes a hands-on approach toward analyzing markets and market behavior, and matching strategies to changing market conditions. Prerequisits: BUS243 CHATHAM UNIVERSITY CATALOG: 2026-2027 245
This course examines advanced topics of database management, including system architecture, complex database objects, building database applications, designing data warehouses, and creating database infrastructure to support Big Data analytics. Students gain hands-on experience through the implementation of database systems, including storage management, query processing, transaction management, and security management.
Through the use of case studies, assignments, and class projects, this course familiarizes students with the distinctiveness of nonprofit organizations and their management. Specific topics include marketing and fund raising, budgeting, personnel management and supervision, strategic planning and implementation, environmental and program evaluation, and managing interorganizational networks.
In this course, students examine success factors, ethical challenges, legal issues, and managerial implications of global procurement. Students also develop a deep understanding of the impact of procurement on quality, cost, and efficiency of supply chain management through use of procurement tools, techniques, and methodologies.
Language proficiency through intermediate level
This course explores digital platforms that transform marketing, including the Internet, search engines, online advertising platforms, and digital analytics platforms. Through participation in real or simulated digital marketing projects, the student will critically apply principles of advertising, marketing analytics, and research methods.
Course provides an introduction to the essential concepts and theories of health communication. Students study how individuals understand health issues and how communication processes help shape and influence our acceptance of health-related messages. Topics include health literacy, media coverage of health issues, and health risk communications. CHATHAM UNIVERSITY CATALOG: 2026-2027 246
Analyze and synthesize innovative approaches to issues in health care delivery at all levels. Politics, policy, market forces, and advocacy are used to assess how system approaches affect health care delivery. Transformational leadership for political and policy activism are emphasized, while exploring regional, national, and global health issues and trends.
This course introduces students to technical tools and skills essential for problem solving and decision-making in logistics and operations management. Topics may include inventory optimization, network planning, demand forecasting, transportation planning, and productions planning. Mastery of quantitative methods using spreadsheet modeling is required for all students.
This course focuses on how to successfully commercialize an innovation. Understanding commercialization activities such as pre-product launch planning, market testing, actual product launch, and post-launch follow-up is a major part of the course. The course provides a run-through of the complete cycle from idea to market entry.
This course is designed to assist the student in understanding the various database systems used within a healthcare setting. Key to this course is understanding how healthcare professionals can collect and extract data from database systems to assess the organizations performance and impact on patient outcomes.
Through the use of case studies, assignments, and class projects, this course familiarizes students with the distinctiveness of nonprofit organizations and their management. Specific topics include marketing and fund raising, budgeting, personnel management and supervision, strategic planning and implementation, environmental and program evaluation, and managing interorganizational networks.
In this course, students examine success factors, ethical challenges, legal issues, and managerial implications of global procurement. Students also develop a deep understanding of the impact of procurement on quality, cost, and efficiency of supply chain management through use of procurement tools, techniques, and methodologies.
This course introduces students to international business and management by studying cultural influences, government, and business structures in our global economy. Students also learn about trade relations, international finance and legal and labor agreements. Also covered, are topics on information needs, production systems, marketing and promotion, and career planning.
The course cultivates the student’s executive leadership potential for organizational development and transformation, with specific applications to the project management environment. Theoretical perspective and case analyses will explore topics of leading one’s self, motivating project teams, change management, and transforming the organization. CHATHAM UNIVERSITY CATALOG: 2026-2027 247
Cultivate theoretical understanding and ethical and practical skills for managing human capital. Explore individual, group, and organizational levels of analysis focusing on topics of motivation, communication, group dynamics, decision making, culture, power, and politics. Analyze the effectiveness of tools for talent acquisition and development, such as compensation, feedback, and assessment.
This course explores the strategic transformation of raw data into information and intelligence. Students learn to source and integrate datasets, apply analytical methods, and communicate insights from modeled findings. Enterprise resource planning (ERP), customer relationship management (CRM), data warehouses, and Big Data are critically examined through cases and hands-on projects.
This course explores the knowledge areas and project stages from the Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK). Students acquire concepts and skills in initiating, planning, executing, monitoring, controlling, and closing projects. The course examines the management of project integration, scope, time, cost, human resources, communications, risk, and procurement.
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An in-depth study of how to measure, track, and report on sustainability issues in a business. Includes a study of how to create effective Social Responsibility reports and the standards currently used to measure sustainability. Teaches students how to monitor and measure sustainability issues from within a business.
This course provides students with an understanding of how supply chain works, how and where along the supply chain sustainability questions should be addressed/ considered, and the impacts of those decisions on stakeholders further down the chain. Topics include: packaging, transportation, energy use, and waste.
MBA students attain firsthand understanding of the markets and corporate settings of foreign countries through supervised experience, observation, interaction and research/analysis. This course provides that critical knowledge with a ten day study abroad field experience. While not required for graduation, BUS643 is highly recommended. Additional Fee(s): Travel fee.
This course examines accounting information that is used in managerial decision making within the organization. Focus is on interpretation of financial statements, cost accounting, financial planning and analysis, the development of internal controls, and constructing budgets. CHATHAM UNIVERSITY CATALOG: 2026-2027 248
This course examines global marketing challenges and opportunities, highlighting international markets, cultural differences, and strategic frameworks. Topics include consumer behavior, branding, advertising, pricing, packaging, and global brand management. Using case studies, lectures, and projects, students will develop skills to create strategic marketing plans for diverse global brands.
This course focuses on financial-analytical tools and methods for making effective business and policy decisions. Topics include setting financial health benchmarks, assessing financial performance, interpreting financial data and making informed recommendations that protect the interests of all stakeholders. The principles of good corporate governance provide assurance of long-term business viability.
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Source: Chatham University's catalog, linked per course · table learning_unit · CourseShelf publish 59
