The Business Career Success Series provides a program of one credit weekend courses under the School of Business Administration’s three values of Excel, Engage, and Inspire. These classes have three goals:
- Emphasize skills such as negotiations, personal finances, and communication.
- Engage students with members of the community (outside of the SBA)
- Get all class time done in one weekend.
Other important points about these classes:
- The classes are primarily taught by adjuncts who are our community partners but may be taught by a regular faculty member in unusual circumstances.
- The classes do not have prerequisites, corequisites, or equivalents. The courses are open to all undergraduates at the university.
- All courses are 200 level.
Lower Division
This introduction t o business class is designed for first-year students who wish to explore the majors and concentrations available in the School of Business, to examine careers in business, to learn more about business education in a Jesuit tradition, and to begin preparing for a career.
This course introduces students to an integrated set of software tools to solve business problems and to communicate results. Students learn the tools available in the Microsoft Office Suite to enter, manipulate and analyze data in spreadsheets, database systems, presentation software, Internet facilities to help improve problem-solving skills and enhance productivity. Additionally, students will learn about file management systems and operating systems. Classroom lectures and hands-on computer use are employed to enhance learning.
Topic to be decided by faculty.
The First-Year Seminar (FYS) introduces new Gonzaga students to the University, the Core Curriculum, and Gonzaga’s Jesuit mission and heritage. While the seminars will be taught by faculty with expertise in particular disciplines, topics will be addressed in a way that illustrates approaches and methods of different academic disciplines. The seminar format of the course highlights the participatory character of university life, emphasizing that learning is an active, collegial process.
This course introduces business students to the terminology, uses and underlying theory in the areas of data summarization and description, basic probability concepts and distributions, sampling methods and sampling distribution, hypothesis testing, analysis of variance, regression and correlation, and nonparametric methods. The course improves the student's awareness and ability in incorporating statistical considerations into the decision-making process and provides them with experience in using statistical software to assist in the quantitative analysis of business problems.
Prerequisite:
BUSN 111 Minimum Grade: D
and MATH 114 Minimum Grade: D
These one-credit special topics courses teach students skills for thriving inside and outside the workplace. The courses are typically taught on weekends several times a semester.
This course addresses the legal fundamentals in running a business with particular attention to contracts, partnerships, corporations, property, commercial paper, securities, and the regulatory environment. Fall and Spring.
DECA conferences provide opportunities for students to grow both personally and professionally through leadership development, competitive events, and community involvement. DECA conferences challenge students to incorporate leadership and problem-solving skills in four career clusters: Marketing, Business Management, Finance, and Hospitality. This course is designed to prepare student for the regional (PNCDC) conference, by integrating the skills and knowledge learned in the classroom into real world experiences.
Topic to be decided by faculty
Upper Division
Topic to be decided by faculty.
The course will examine the emerging practice of Sustainable Business. Coverage begins with an investigation as to why the "standard" business model may not be sustainable, including such topics as market failures, externalities, agency problems, short-termism, and the commons problem. On sufficient demand.
Prerequisite:
ECON 201 Minimum Grade: D
and ECON 202 Minimum Grade: D
The Core Integration Seminar (CIS) engages the Year Four Question: “Imagining the possible: What is our role in the world?” by offering students a culminating seminar experience in which students integrate the principles of Jesuit education, prior components of the Core, and their disciplinary expertise. Each section of the course will focus on a problem or issue raised by the contemporary world that encourages integration, collaboration, and problem solving. The topic for each section of the course will be proposed and developed by each faculty member in a way that clearly connects to the Jesuit Mission, to multiple disciplinary perspectives, and to our students’ future role in the world.
This is a project-based course designed to give hands-on, real world experience on one or more projects for businesses in our community. These projects could include developing a branding strategy, designing a compensation system, or evaluating a new idea or opportunity. The projects cross all areas of organizational life and will require student teams to bring a variety of skills and knowledge bases to the work.
This 3-credit course, to be taken during the student's senior year, is designed to introduce students to the fundamentals of addressing ethical issues which arise in all aspects of business and in the interface between business activity and institutions, and the larger society which they serve. The theme of the course is that "business" is an inherently ethical practice, one which is governed by moral norms that shape the very purpose and nature of business activity and institutions, not an "add on" or a "second bottom line." Fall and Spring.
A capstone course that introduces strategic management concepts and practices and integrates functional areas in a broad systems-perspective approach to organizational challenges. The primary instructional tool is case analysis. Consideration is given to the international context of strategic management and to the ethical dimensions of decision-making crucial to effective strategy formulation and implementation. Fall and Spring.
DECA conferences provide opportunities for students to grow both personally and professionally through leadership development, competitive events, and community involvement. DECA conferences challenge students to incorporate leadership and problem-solving skills in four career clusters: Marketing, Business Management, Finance, and Hospitality. This course is designed to prepare student for the international (ICDC) conference, by integrating the skills and knowledge learned in the classroom into real world experiences.
Topics and credit by arrangement.
This course focuses on integrating advanced topics and/or best practices from different disciplines. The course content varies over time to reflect leading-edge concepts and practices (e.g., business ethics, quality management and international standards, technology infrastructure, e-business strategy, etc.). Courses often involve a large-scale team project. May be repeated up to a maximum of six credits.
Directed study requires completion of an application form and departmental permission. Zagweb registration not available. Summer only.
This course integrates business principles with business practices. Topics include assessing industry attractiveness, environment analysis, market segmentation, demand forecasting, product development, operations, financial analysis, control mechanisms, contingency planning, and implementation strategies. The preparation of a business plan is also a required component of the course as well as weekly written assignments. This course may be used to satisfy three credits of Integrative courses.
Prerequisite:
BFIN 320 Minimum Grade: D
and MGMT 350 Minimum Grade: D
and MKTG 310 Minimum Grade: D
and OPER 340 Minimum Grade: D
Practicum in providing management assistance to businesses and non-profit organizations in marketing, management, finance, accounting, information systems operations and related case problems. The course will also examine the management of the consulting process and the role of the consultant as an agent for organizational change. This course will satisfy three credits of the experiential major requirement. Permission required. Zagweb registration not available.
Work experience directly related to the student's major and area of concentration. Guidelines are available from the Internship Director. Zagweb registration not available. Fall, Spring, and Summer.