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Bachelor in Business Management (BABUS)

A. Purpose:

The Business Management courses offered at Georgia Christian University (hereinafter, GCU) are designed for prospective students in need of gaining a mix of theoretical and practical management knowledge and skills that will enable them to work as professional managers after they complete the given courses during their academic years at GCU.

As a Business Management graduate, the student is likely to be eligible for employment as a professional manager in a variety of profit oriented and non-profit oriented business entities; from small, local enterprises to large multinational or international corporations.

Graduates may not only perform executive decisions for their own businesses, but also fill positions from first-line management through to senior executive level, and they will be equipped to effectively and efficiently plan, organize, lead and control an organization's human and non-human resources so that it is better able to achieve its objectives.

B. Objectives:

The students who graduated from the Bachelor’s Program in Business Management will:
	- Understand and identify the relevant economic and financial issues of current market system and forecast the future in a logical process - Understand techniques to maximize electronic devices and Internet potential in business communication both within and outside of corporate organization - Understand the concepts in marketing a corporate product including price and location, productivity, efficiency, value added and time management - Understand the importance of both Human and Material Resources and the required skills for resource management
Have knowledge of:
	- Review procedures for justifying corporate decisions - Proposal presentation - Corporate organization and structure - Corporate business plan and Corporate culture - Legal requirements and protections governing intellectual property - Regulations governing environment protection and employee rights


C. Components and Requirements:

	ADMISSION POLICIES
		Admission to the School of Business Management is based on completion of the requirements below: If Students wish to major in Business Management pursuing Bachelor’s Degree and completed our required courses in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences and the pre-business curriculums, students may apply for the School of Business Management at GCU as a junior. Also, students can enter to be a freshman then students must complete our required courses at the end of the sophomore year. GCU strongly requires Students to have minimum Grade-Point-Average of 3.0 to be admitted. Applicants must submit completed application forms. Applicants who are not currently GCU students must submit official transcripts from all previous colleges and universities attended to the Office of Admissions to be eligible for admissions.
	GENERAL CURRICULAR REQUIREMENTS
		GCU’s curriculum for the School of Business combines carefully constructed and outstanding business courses, Chapel, and Elective courses to provide students with a strong foundation in critical thinking and reasoning. During the first and second years, the primary academic emphasis is on Elective Core courses and Chapel. Students have to acquire “PASS” in chapel each semester. The push for academic advancement shifts to business courses in the junior and senior years. Students must complete more than 128 credits comprised of 45 general education credits,18 business preparation credits, 30 upper division credits in business courses, 27 credits in major or minor core courses specific to major or minor, and 8 Chapel credits. If a student does not complete these requirements within five years of last attendance, he or she must complete the requirements in effect at the time of readmission.
	TRANSFERRING STUDENTS
		Transferring Students find it to their advantage to enroll at GCU in the sophomore year or at least during the summer session before the junior year. Otherwise, some students may need more than two additional years to complete the degree. Students who intend to transfer to GCU and enter the School of Business Management should consult with an adviser (advanced appointment for consultation is strongly recommended) to select first and second year courses that will ensure progress toward the degree, and the academic advisement is available Monday through Friday from Academic Advisor

D. Curriculum:

	GENERAL EDUCATION, PRE-ADMISSION REQUIREMENTS (45 credits)
		Writing and Communication (Select Two Courses, 6 credits) ENGL101 Business Communication I (3) ENGL102 Business Communication II (3) Fine Art/Humanities (3 credits) ART120 Western Art History (3) Social Sciences (18 credits) ECON101 Fundamental Economics (3) ECON201Introduction to Microeconomics (3) HIS140 History of America (3) SOC110 Introduction to Sociology (3) SOC121 Theories of Design & Color (3) PSY130 Introduction to Psychology (3) Mathematics/ Statistics (12 Credits) MATH101 College Algebra (3) MATH102 Calculus (3) MATH204 Probability (3) MATH202 Statistics for Management I (3) Science (Select One, 3 credits) SCI101 Chemistry (3) SCI102 Biology (3) SCI103 Physics (3) Information Systems (3 credits) IIST101 Introduction to Business Computing 3 IMPORTANT: STUDENTS ARE REQUIRED TO HAVE A MINIMUM ‘B’ AVERAGE IN GENERAL EDUCATION COURSES Chapel - (8 Semester Hours): Students attend chapel each week during the semester and earn one semester credit hour for the eight semesters of the program. Students receive a pass/fall grade for chapel.
	BUSINESS PREPARATION COURSES (18 credits)
		ECON202 Introduction to Macroeconomics 3 ACCT201 Financial Accounting I 3 ACCT202 Principles of Accounting II 3 BLAW151 Legal Environment of Business 3 FINS151 Personal Finance 3 MKTG101 Fundamental of Marketing 3
	UPPER DIVISION COURSES (30 credits)
		Required Courses (Select Six Courses, 24 credits) BLAW313 Law and accounting (3) BLAW320 Product Liability (3) IIST301 Management Information Systems (3) ECON301 International Economics (3) STAT301 Statistics for Management II (3) MGMT301 Operations Management (3) MGMT311 Leadership (3) MGMT321 Human Resource Management (3) Elective Courses (Select Two Courses, 6 credits) IIST304 Introduction to E. Commerce (3) FINS301 Corporate Finance (3) FINS302 Financial Issues of Small Businesses (3) FINS354 Financial Statement Analysis (3) FINS405 Real Estate Finance 3 ACCT305 Principles of Federal Taxation (3) MKTG351 Research & Analysis (3) MGMT371 Internship (3)
		Major Courses (Select Nine Courses, 27 credits)
		ACCT301 Managerial Accounting (3) BLAW401 Business Law (3) BLAW404 Merger and Acquisition (3) ECON401 Managerial Economics (3) ECON405 Economics of Labor and Discrimination (3) ENGL401 Business Communication III (3) FINS405 Real Estate Finance (3) MGMT401 Organizational Behavior (3) MGMT411 Strategic Management (3) MGMT421 Principle of E-commerce (3) MGMT431 Labor Relation (3) MGMT441 New Venture Creation (3) MGMT451 Management for Logistics Managers (3) MGMT461 Senior Project (3) MGMT471 Internship (3) MKTG401 Market Research (3) MKTG411 Retail Marketing (3)

E. Course Description:

Accounting

Dept ACCT	Number 201	Title Principles of Accounting I	Credits 3
Description	A study of concepts of accounting, theories of accounting valuation and their effect on management decisions; meaning of financial data; interpretation and use of accounting-produced financial data as a basis for management decisions.
Prerequisite	MATH101

Dept ACCT	Number 202	Title Principles of Accounting II	Credits 3
Description	This course work emphasizes partnerships, corporations and the study of financial analysis, and the curriculum includes and introduces cost/managerial accounting concepts.
Prerequisite	ACCT201, MATH102

Dept ACCT	Number 301	Title Managerial Accounting	Credits 3
Description	A Continuation of Financial Accounting I. A study of concepts of materials, labor, and overhead control; budget administration; cost accounting systems including standard costing; full costing and direct costing; income determination; differential costing; break-even analysis; accounting statement analysis; and use of return on investment as a basis for management decisions.
Prerequisite	ACCT202, ENGL102

Dept ACCT	Number 305	Title Principles of Federal Taxation	Credits 3
Description	Presents the study of federal taxation as it relates to individuals and related entities. Includes tax planning, compliance, and reporting.
Prerequisite	ACCT301

Mathematics

Dept MATH	Number 101	Title College Algebra	Credits 3
Description	Course is designed to be a modern introduction to the nature of mathematics as a logical system. The structure of the number system is developed axiomatically and extended by logical reasoning to cover essential algebraic topics: algebraic expression, functions, and theory of equations.
Prerequisite	NONE

Dept MATH	Number 102	Title Calculus	Credits 3
Description	This course provides students with expanded functions with applications, and an introduction to differential calculus, with a laboratory component. Topics include a review of algebra and functions, mathematical modeling with elementary functions, rates of change, inverse functions, logarithms and exponential functions, the derivative, differential equations
Prerequisite	MATH101

Dept MATH	Number 204	Title Probability	Credits 3
Description	A calculus based course in the theory of probability. Topics include sample spaces, combinatorics, axioms and rules of probability, conditional probability and independence, discrete and continuous random variables, mathematical expectation, and the moment generating function.
Prerequisite	MATH102

Business Law

Dept BLAW	Number 151	Title Legal Environment of Business	Credits 3
Description	A course designed to acquaint the student with the basic principles of law that are applicable to business transactions in the modern business world and the legal system.
Prerequisite	NONE

Dept BLAW	Number 313	Title Law and accounting	Credits 3
Description	This course is recommended for students without previous accounting training. Permission of the instructor to enroll will be required for those having more than two undergraduate accounting courses. Elementary techniques and basic theoretical concepts of accounting for lawyers; bookkeeping, financial statements and statement analysis, accounting and operating cycles, fixed asset accounting, depreciation methods, tax accounting procedures, partnership and corporate accounting, financial analysis and valuation of business interests.
Prerequisite	BLAW151, ACCT202

Dept BLAW	Number 320	Title Product Liability	Credits 3
Description	The development of the concept of recovery for injuries caused by products; survey of civil actions for harm resulting from defective and dangerous products; study of problems associated with hazard identification and the process of evaluation of risk; government regulation of dangerous and defective products; review of Consumer Products Safety Act and current legislation dealing with injuries and remedies in specific areas.
Prerequisite	BLAW313

Dept BLAW	Number 401	Title Business Law	Credits 3
Description	Focus on legal and regulatory environment of business. Fundamental ideas on the law and its relationship to business; government regulation; and such topics as the law of the employment relationship, occupational safety and health, financial regulation, antitrust, consumer protection, product liability, and the environment.
Prerequisite	BLAW320

Dept BLAW	Number 404	Title Merger and Acquisition	Credits 3
Description	The course provides an understanding of the issues arising in business acquisition (and divestiture) transactions. Coverage is given theories underlying acquisitions, alternative acquisition techniques and planning considerations that bear on the choice among those techniques.
Prerequisite	NONE

Economics

Dept ECON	Number 101	Title Fundamental Economics	Credits 3
Description	The goals of this course are to introduce registered students the basic concepts of Economic theories and for them to master and apply these tools to a variety of problems encountered in daily lives.
Prerequisite	BLAW320

Dept ECON	Number 201	Title Introduction to Microeconomics	Credits 3
Description	Microeconomics is concerned with the analysis of economic phenomena from the perspective of the individual. The course covers the basic concepts and tools needed to undertake the analysis of such problems that arise due to the law of scarcity. In addition, the functioning of competitive and noncompetitive product markets is studied, as is the performance of the markets for resources.
Prerequisite	ECON101, MATH101

Dept ECON	Number 202	Title Introduction to Macroeconomics	Credits 3
Description	Macroeconomics is a major branch of economics that deals with the performance, structure, and behavior of the economy as a whole. Macroeconomists study and seek to understand the determinants of aggregate trends in the economy with particular focus on national income, unemployment, inflation, investment, and international trade. In contrast microeconomics is primarily focused on the determination of prices and the role of prices in allocating scarce resources. While macroeconomics is a broad field of study, there are two areas of research that are emblematic of the discipline: The attempt to understand the causes and consequences of short-run fluctuations in national income and the attempt to understand the determinants of long-run economic growth.
Prerequisite	ECON201

Dept ECON	Number 301	Title International Economics	Credits 3
Description	The economic space of the market and the political space of the nation between the two have never coincided perfectly and the process of globalization has increased the gap. This course looks at the economic factors driving this process, in particular at the determinants of international trade, international factor movements, and the foreign exchange market. It examines the emergence of multinational corporations, and analyzes their role in international markets and national politics. It also considers the interaction between global markets and national development.
Prerequisite	ECON202

Dept ECON	Number 305	Title History of Economic Development	Credits 3
Description	This course carefully examines theories and evidence that explain economic development. Selected topics include the growth incentive in constitutional framework, the debate over the profitability of slavery, the role of immigration economic development, and the pros and cons of the factory system.
Prerequisite	ECON301

Dept ECON	Number 351	Title Environmental and Resource Economics	Credits 3
Description	This course analyzes environmental concerns and the economics of resource use. Specifically, a contrast will be made between governmental solutions to environmental issues and market-based environmental reforms. Issues addressed include: animal extinction and common ownership problems, pollution, water management, global warming/global cooling, and land management. The underlying theme of the course is the ability to use economic theory to develop appropriate incentive structures for the use of economic resources.
Prerequisite	ECON305, MGMT321

Dept ECON	Number 401	Title Managerial Economics	Credits 3
Description	Economic analysis provides the framework to consider the problems of resource allocations that confront managers in business, government and non-profit environments. Topics include consumer choice and demand for products, production and cost functions, alternative market structures and the profit criteria for long-run planning and investment decisions.
Prerequisite	ECON351, BLAW320

Dept ECON	Number 405	Title Economics of Labor and Discrimination	Credits 3
Description	Economic analysis of labor markets, including issues of labor supply and demand, wage determination, unemployment, job search, education, and other human capital investments. Emphasis will be placed on the analysis of data on labor market outcomes relative to ethnicity and gender. Theories of discrimination will be addressed. Policy issues and programs such as minimum wage, comparable worth pay programs, and affirmative action will be discussed.
Prerequisite	ECON401

English

Dept ENGL	Number 101	Title Business Communications I	Credits 3
Description	Students will be expected to read text assignments and to prepare discussion questions in advance of each class, work through the learning guide on their own, and become a critic of current business news: Student will be expected to grow in communication skills.
Prerequisite	NONE

Dept ENGL	Number 102	Title Business Communications II	Credits 3
Description	Students will be expected to read text assignments and to prepare discussion questions in advance of each class, work through the learning guide on their own, and become a critic of current business news. Also Students will be expected to grow in Reading and Writing Skills.
Prerequisite	ENGL101

Dept ENGL	Number 401	Title Business Communications III	Credits 3
Description	Students will be expected to read text assignments and prepares discussion questions in advance of each class, work through the learning guide on their own, and become a critic of current business news. Also Students will be expected to grow up Comprehensive Skill.
Prerequisite	ENGL102

Finance

Dept FINS	Number 151	Title Personal Finance	Credits 3
Description	This survey course is oriented to the identification and solution of personal financial problems. The subject matter ranges from the determination of one’s financial condition to estate planning, including controlling credit usage, making major purchase decisions, buying insurance, making investments, and planning retirement.
Prerequisite	NONE

Dept FINS	Number 301	Title Corporate Finance	Credits 3
Description	This course